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Overestimation of Coronary Risk in Stroke Patients

Author(s) -

Emmanuel Touzé,

Olivier Varenne,

JeanLouis Mas

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

stroke

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1524-4628

pISSN - 0039-2499

DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.107.491258

Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , coronary artery disease , coronary heart disease , cardiology , lifetime risk , disease , mechanical engineering , engineering

To the Editor:Coronary artery disease (CAD) is usually considered a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in stroke patients, although absolute risk of CAD in stroke/transient ischemic attack patients is still not well known and highest risk patients are not well identified. Dhamoon et al provide interesting data in this field, but we have concerns about the potential for misinterpretation of their conclusions, which are mainly based on risks of composite outcomes, without excluding patients with known CAD at baseline.1First, including stroke in vascular deaths is questionable because it does not provide precise estimates of cardiac events …

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