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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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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1993944/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17315399 |
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author | Komorovsky, Roman Desideri, Alessandro |
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description | 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 absence of CAD or its extent and severity. The presence of carotid plaques is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events in patients with CAD regardless of the treatment strategy (medical therapy alone or myocardial revascularization). Hence, we advocate the screening of patients with diagnosed CAD for carotid atherosclerosis. The prognostic impact of ultrasound characteristics of carotid plaques on cardiovascular outcomes of patients with CAD remains controversial. |
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spelling | pubmed-19939442008-03-06 Carotid Ultrasound Assessment of Patients with Coronary Artery Disease: A Useful Index for Risk Stratification Komorovsky, Roman Desideri, Alessandro Vasc Health Risk Manag Review 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 absence of CAD or its extent and severity. The presence of carotid plaques is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events in patients with CAD regardless of the treatment strategy (medical therapy alone or myocardial revascularization). Hence, we advocate the screening of patients with diagnosed CAD for carotid atherosclerosis. The prognostic impact of ultrasound characteristics of carotid plaques on cardiovascular outcomes of patients with CAD remains controversial. Dove Medical Press 2005-06 2005-06 /pmc/articles/PMC1993944/ /pubmed/17315399 Text en © 2005 Dove Medical Press Limited. All rights reserved |
spellingShingle | Review Komorovsky, Roman Desideri, Alessandro Carotid Ultrasound Assessment of Patients with Coronary Artery Disease: A Useful Index for Risk Stratification |
title | Carotid Ultrasound Assessment of Patients with Coronary Artery Disease: A Useful Index for Risk Stratification |
title_full | Carotid Ultrasound Assessment of Patients with Coronary Artery Disease: A Useful Index for Risk Stratification |
title_fullStr | Carotid Ultrasound Assessment of Patients with Coronary Artery Disease: A Useful Index for Risk Stratification |
title_full_unstemmed | Carotid Ultrasound Assessment of Patients with Coronary Artery Disease: A Useful Index for Risk Stratification |
title_short | Carotid Ultrasound Assessment of Patients with Coronary Artery Disease: A Useful Index for Risk Stratification |
title_sort | carotid ultrasound assessment of patients with coronary artery disease: a useful index for risk stratification |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1993944/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17315399 |
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