Carotid stenosis
Conditions
Interventions
Group of 45 participants with carotid stenotic disease screened in vascular surgery clinics and followed for 12 months. Identify the current practice of cardiovascular risk reduction strategies for th
Sponsors
Universidade Federal de São Paulo
Universidade Federal de São Paulo
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Volunteers with asymptomatic or symptomatic extracranial carotid stenosis, both genders, minimum age of 18 years.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Restenosis after previous treatment of carotid endarterectomy or carotid angioplasty in the artery of interest; Inability to sign an informed consent form; Life expectancy less than 6 months; Advanced dementia; Severe kidney failure.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Evaluate the progression of cerebrovascular atherothrombotic disease, determined through vascular Doppler at the beginning of the study and with qualitative variables described as number and percentage and the quantitative ones will be described as mean +- standard deviation or as median, 25th percentile and 75th percentile . ;Identify the proportion of research participants who at the initial visit are using the cardiovascular risk reduction strategies that will be analyzed through qualitative variables and described as number and percentage and the quantitative ones will be described as mean +- standard deviation or as median. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Evaluate major cardiovascular events that will be followed up over a period of 12 months and analyzed using the McNemar chi-square test.;Evaluate the adherence of the participants in relation to the treatment already recommended and the proportions and respective 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) will be estimated. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactLuis Nakano
universidade federal de são paulo
Outcome results
None listed