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
1 Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Birmingham, AL; Division of Molecular and Translational Biomedicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Birmingham, AL; UAB Comprehensive Cardiovascular Center, Birmingham, AL.
2 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.