Implications of Carotid Arterial Plaque Assessment by Ultrasound for the Cardiothoracic Anesthesiologist: An Overview of the 2020 American Society of Echocardiography Recommendations for the Assessment of Carotid Arterial Plaque by Ultrasound for the Characterization of Atherosclerosis and Evaluation of Cardiovascular Risk.

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth

Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Birmingham, AL; Division of Congenital Cardiac Anesthesiology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Birmingham, AL; Bruno Pediatric Heart Center, Children's of Alabama, Birmingham, AL.

Published: April 2021

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