Carotid Ultrasound Assessment of Patients with Coronary Artery Disease: A Useful Index for Risk Stratification

Carotid disease is a common finding in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) and its presence is associated with worse clinical outcomes. Intima-media thickness provides incremental value over traditional risk factors in predicting cardiovascular events; however, it does not predict the absenc...

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Autores principales: Komorovsky, Roman, Desideri, Alessandro
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2005
Materias:
Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1993944/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17315399

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1993944/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17315399

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