Severe, But Not Moderate, Carotid Atherosclerosis May Predict Concomitant Vascular Disease in Other Arterial Beds | Zendy

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Severe, But Not Moderate, Carotid Atherosclerosis May Predict Concomitant Vascular Disease in Other Arterial Beds

Author(s) -

Kosmas I. Paraskevas,

Dimitri P. Mikhailidis,

Christos D. Liapis

Publication year - 2010

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.110.596049

Subject(s) - medicine , concomitant , vascular disease , stroke (engine) , disease , coronary artery disease , cardiology , surgery , mechanical engineering , engineering

To the Editor:Adraktas et al demonstrated that significant (>50%) carotid atherosclerosis did not predict coronary, vertebral, or aortic atherosclerosis in their study including patients (n=120) with acute stroke symptoms.1 The authors concluded that “significant atherosclerotic disease is most often isolated to 1 type of artery in these patients, whereas nonsignificant atherosclerotic disease tends to be …

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