Physician Approaches to the Initial Management of an Intraluminal Thrombus in Recently Symptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis: Results from the Hot Carotid Study (S20.005)
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Abstract
Objective: To use mixed methods to explore the practices of international experts when managing patients with an intraluminal carotid artery thrombus in the context of recently symptomatic carotid artery stenosis. Background: Intraluminal thrombi (ILT) are thought to be at high short-term risk of recurrent ischemic events without revascularization and high risk of peri-operative stroke when early revascularization is attempted. Due to the lack of high-quality evidence, ILT management approaches rely on individual or institutional preferences, but the current state of practice is unclear. Design/Methods: This mixed methods study analyzed themes from semi-structured interviews with 22 stroke physicians from 16 centers in 6 world regions, paired with a worldwide case-based survey of 628 stroke physicians conducted through the “Practice Current” section of Neurology: Clinical Practice. Results: In the thematic analysis of the interviews and quantitative analysis of the survey, participants generally favoured using anticoagulation with or without one or more antiplatelet agents at least short-term in patients with ILT (463/628, 74%). Despite a preference for anticoagulation, a theme of uncertainty regarding optimal antithrombotic management was present in the thematic analysis. Multivariable regression analysis of the survey data also showed significant regional variability regarding antithrombotic choices in treating ILT, with the USA and Canada favouring anticoagulation compared to other surveyed regions. Additional themes identified included a preference for re-imaging patients in 3–5 days after initiating treatment to look for complete or partial clot resolution, at which point most experts would then be comfortable proceeding with revascularization if indicated, though significant uncertainty regarding the optimal timing of revascularization was noted in the analysis. Conclusions: These results highlight current practice patterns in patients with ILT and show that while there appears to some preference for using anticoagulant agents and reimaging patients in 3–5 days, there is still considerable equipoise regarding the most appropriate management of patients with ILT. Disclosure: Dr. Maclean has nothing to disclose. Dr. Beland has nothing to disclose. Dr. Jewett has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving as a Consultant for Amylyx Pharmaceuticals. Dr. Jewett has received research support from ALS Canada. Dr. Jewett has received research support from Canadian Institute of Health Research. Dr. Bartolini has received personal compensation in the range of $10,000-$49,999 for serving as an Editor, Associate Editor, or Editorial Advisory Board Member for American Academy of Neurology. David JT Campbell has nothing to disclose. An immediate family member of Dr. Varma has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving as a Consultant for MD Analytics. An immediate family member of Dr. Varma has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving as a Consultant for Figure 1. An immediate family member of Dr. Varma has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving as a Consultant for Atheneum. An immediate family member of Dr. Varma has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving as a Consultant for CTC Communications Corp. Dr. Varma has received personal compensation in the range of $0-$499 for serving as an officer or member of the Board of Directors for AHA Health Ltd. An immediate family member of Dr. Varma has received stock or an ownership interest from SnapDx. An immediate family member of Dr. Varma has received stock or an ownership interest from TheRounds.com. The institution of an immediate family member of Dr. Varma has received research support from Canadian Institutes of Health Research. The institution of an immediate family member of Dr. Varma has received research support from Alberta Innovates. The institution of an immediate family member of Dr. Varma has received research support from Sunnybrook Research Institute INOVAIT. The institution of an immediate family member of Dr. Varma has received research support from Canadian Cardiovascular Society. The institution of an immediate family member of Dr. Varma has received research support from Campus Alberta Neuroscience. An immediate family member of Dr. Varma has received intellectual property interests from a discovery or technology relating to health care. An immediate family member of Dr. Varma has a non-compensated relationship as a Editor with Neurology, Neurology: Clinical Practice that is relevant to AAN interests or activities. Dr. Singh has nothing to disclose. Dr. Al Sultan has nothing to disclose. Dr. Wong has received stock or an ownership interest from Fluid Biotech Inc.. Dr. Wong has received intellectual property interests from a discovery or technology relating to health care. Dr. Menon has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving on a Scientific Advisory or Data Safety Monitoring board for Biogen. Dr. Menon has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving on a Speakers Bureau for Roche. Dr. Menon has received personal compensation in the range of $0-$499 for serving as an officer or member of the Board of Directors for Circle NVI. Dr. Menon has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving as an Editor, Associate Editor, or Editorial Advisory Board Member for Stroke VIN. Dr. Menon has stock in Circle NVI. Dr. Ganesh has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving as a Consultant for MD Analytics. Dr. Ganesh has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving as a Consultant for MyMedicalPanel. Dr. Ganesh has received personal compensation in the range of $0-$499 for serving as a Consultant for Figure 1. Dr. Ganesh has received personal compensation in the range of $0-$499 for serving as a Consultant for DeepBench. An immediate family member of Dr. Ganesh has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving as a Consultant for CTC Communications Corp. Dr. Ganesh has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving as a Consultant for Atheneum. Dr. Ganesh has received personal compensation in the range of $0-$499 for serving as a Consultant for Research on Mind. Dr. Ganesh has received personal compensation in the range of $0-$499 for serving as a Consultant for Creative Research Designs. Dr. Ganesh has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving as a Consultant for Alexion. Dr. Ganesh has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving as a Consultant for Biogen. Dr. Ganesh has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving as an Editor, Associate Editor, or Editorial Advisory Board Member for American Academy of Neurology (journals Neurology and Neurology: Clinical Practice). Dr. Ganesh has received personal compensation in the range of $0-$499 for serving as an Editor, Associate Editor, or Editorial Advisory Board Member for American Heart Association (journal: Stroke). Dr. Ganesh has received personal compensation in the range of $0-$499 for serving as an Editor, Associate Editor, or Editorial Advisory Board Member for Frontiers (for Frontiers in Neurology). Dr. Ganesh has stock in SnapDx. Dr. Ganesh has stock in TheRounds.com. Dr. Ganesh has stock in Advanced Health Analytics (AHA Health Ltd). Dr. Ganesh has stock in Collavidence Inc. The institution of Dr. Ganesh has received research support from Canadian Institutes of Health Research . The institution of Dr. Ganesh has received research support from Canadian Cardiovascular Society. The institution of Dr. Ganesh has received research support from Alberta Innovates. The institution of Dr. Ganesh has received research support from University of Calgary Centre for Clinical Research. The institution of Dr. Ganesh has received research support from Innovation 4 Health. The institution of Dr. Ganesh has received research support from Sunnybrook Research Institute INOVAIT. The institution of Dr. Ganesh has received research support from Campus Alberta Neurosciences. The institution of Dr. Ganesh has received research support from Alzheimer Society of Canada. The institution of Dr. Ganesh has received research support from Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. The institution of Dr. Ganesh has received research support from New Frontiers in Research Fund. The institution of Dr. Ganesh has received research support from Panmure House. Dr. Ganesh has received intellectual property interests from a discovery or technology relating to health care.
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How this classification was reachedexpand
Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.010 | 0.021 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.002 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.002 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".