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Pre-operative Carotid Plaque Echolucency Assessment has no Predictive Value for Long-Term Risk of Stroke or Cardiovascular Death in Patients Undergoing Carotid Endarterectomy

INTRODUCTION: In patients with carotid stenosis receiving medical treatment, carotid plaque echolucency has been thought to predict risk of future stroke and of other cardiovascular events. This study evaluated the prognostic value of pre-operative plaque echolucency for future stroke and cardiovasc...

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Autores principales: de Waard, D., de Borst, G.J., Bulbulia, R., Pan, H., Halliday, A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5542040/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28651865
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvs.2017.05.013