Carotid Artery

This condition is treated in the Vascular surgery clinic.

Pre-referral work-up

History

All referrals should comply to the referral standards and also include:

• History of symptoms or if stenosis found incidentally
• Blood pressure - current and history
• Smoking status
• Risk factors and co-morbidities including diabetes
• Neurological examination findings

Tests

• USS/Duplex scans
• Blood pressure
• Lipids, BSL

Interim/GP management

To refer a patient with this condition, please see the Vascular Surgery clinic page for the full referral process and templates.

Smoking cessation advice, management of risk factors including diabetes and hypertension.

For more information please see the HealthPathways Tasmania website.

Clinic appointments

? Red location flags are clinical indicators of possible serious underlying conditions requiring further medical intervention. They may or may not indicate an emergency.

Urgent (Category 1)

? TIA, episode of amaurosis fugax or minor stroke require URGENT referral to the TIA/Stroke clinic

Urgent referrals should be accompanied by a phone call to the Consultant/Registrar to organise urgent review.

We will endeavour to see these patients within four weeks, or sooner if clinically indicated.

Routine (Category 3)

Asymptomatic carotid stenosis(over 70%)

Availability

North

Launceston General Hospital
Level 3 - Specialist Clinics

Phone: 1300 977 694
Fax: 03 6777 5227

North West

Mersey Community Hospital
Phone: 1800 636 455
Fax: 6441 5928

South

Liverpool Clinics (Level 7)
Phone: 03 6166 0000
Fax: 03 6234 9941