Highlights of the Guidelines for Screening of Extracranial Carotid Artery Disease: A Statement for Healthcare Professionals from the Multidisciplinary Practice Guidelines Committee of the American Society of Neuroimaging; Cosponsored by the Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology

1Zeenat Qureshi Stroke Research Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. 2Neurosonology and Stroke Research Program, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, USA. 3Department of Neurology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA. 4CREST Administrative Center, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, USA. 5Division of Vascular Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California at Los Angeles, California, USA. 6Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, USA.

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