• Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Progression as Surrogate Marker for Cardiovascular Risk: Meta-Analysis of 119 Clinical Trials Involving 100 667 Patients 

      Willeit P., Tschiderer L., Allara E., Reuber K., Seekircher L., Gao L., Liao X., Lonn E., Gerstein H.C., Yusuf S., Brouwers F.P., Asselbergs F.W., Van Gilst W., Anderssen S.A., Grobbee D.E., Kastelein J.J.P., Visseren F.L.J., Ntaios G., Hatzitolios A.I., Savopoulos C., Nieuwkerk P.T., Stroes E., Walters M., Higgins P., Dawson J., Gresele P., Guglielmini G., Migliacci R., Ezhov M., Safarova M., Balakhonova T., Sato E., Amaha M., Nakamura T., Kapellas K., Jamieson L.M., Skilton M., Blumenthal J.A., Hinderliter A., Sherwood A., Smith P.J., Van Agtmael M.A., Reiss P., Van Vonderen M.G.A., Kiechl S., Klingenschmid G., Sitzer M., Stehouwer C.D.A., Uthoff H., Zou Z.-Y., Cunha A.R., Neves M.F., Witham M.D., Park H.-W., Lee M.-S., Bae J.-H., Bernal E., Wachtell K., Kjeldsen S.E., Olsen M.H., Preiss D., Sattar N., Beishuizen E., Huisman M.V., Espeland M.A., Schmidt C., Agewall S., Ok E., Aşçi G., De Groot E., Grooteman M.P.C., Blankestijn P.J., Bots M.L., Sweeting M.J., Thompson S.G., Lorenz M.W. (2020)
      Background: To quantify the association between effects of interventions on carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) progression and their effects on cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. Methods: We systematically collated data ...
    • Completion imaging techniques and their clinical role after carotid endarterectomy: Systematic review of the literature 

      Spanos K., Nana P., Kouvelos G., Batzalexis K., Matsagkas M.M., Giannoukas A.D. (2020)
      Background: Completion imaging has been suggested for the intraoperative quality control assessment of the carotid endarterectomy technical success, in order to immediately resolve pathologic findings and accordingly improve ...