Sex Is Associated With the Presence of Atherosclerotic Plaque Hemorrhage and Modifies the Relation Between Plaque Hemorrhage and Cardiovascular Outcome | Zendy

Joyce E. P. Vrijenhoek | Zendy; Hester M. den Ruijter | Zendy; Gert J. de Borst | Zendy; Dominique P.V. de Kleijn | Zendy; JeanPaul P.M. de Vries | Zendy; Michiel L. Bots | Zendy; Sander M. van de Weg | Zendy; Aryan Vink | Zendy; Frans L. Moll | Zendy; Gerard Pasterkamp | Zendy

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Sex Is Associated With the Presence of Atherosclerotic Plaque Hemorrhage and Modifies the Relation Between Plaque Hemorrhage and Cardiovascular Outcome

Author(s) -

Joyce E. P. Vrijenhoek,

Hester M. den Ruijter,

Gert J. de Borst,

Dominique P.V. de Kleijn,

JeanPaul P.M. de Vries,

Michiel L. Bots,

Sander M. van de Weg,

Aryan Vink,

Frans L. Moll,

Gerard Pasterkamp

Publication year - 2013

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.113.002633

Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , brain hemorrhage , intracerebral hemorrhage , cardiology , subarachnoid hemorrhage , mechanical engineering , engineering , blood pressure

Plaque hemorrhage (PH) may lead to accelerated progression of atherosclerotic disease. The presence of local PH in the carotid plaque predicts future cardiovascular events in any vascular territory. We investigated the prevalence of local PH and the predictive value of PH for the occurrence of cardiovascular events in men and women separately.

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