Atherosclerotic Plaques in the Aortic Arch and Subclinical Cerebrovascular Disease
Author(s) -
Aylin Tuğcu,
Zhezhen Jin,
Shunichi Homma,
Mitchell S.V. Elkind,
Tatjana Rundek,
Mitsuhiro Yoshita,
Charles DeCarli,
Koki Nakanishi,
Sofia Shames,
Clinton B. Wright,
Ralph L. Sacco,
Marco R. Di Tullio
Publication year - 2016
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.116.015002
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , confidence interval , cardiology , aortic arch , stroke (engine) , subclinical infection , hyperintensity , magnetic resonance imaging , aorta , radiology , mechanical engineering , engineering
Aortic arch plaque (AAP) is a risk factor for ischemic stroke, but its association with subclinical cerebrovascular disease is not established. We investigated the association between AAP and subclinical cerebrovascular disease in an elderly stroke-free community-based cohort.
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