Prevalence of Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease in Patients With and Without Prior Stroke Undergoing Coronary Angiography for Suspected Coronary Artery Disease
| Autor: | Archana Rachdev, Rasham Sandhu, Rishi Sukhija, Wilbert S. Aronow |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Male Coronary angiography Chest Pain medicine.medical_specialty Coronary Disease Comorbidity Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine Coronary Angiography Chest pain Central nervous system disease Coronary artery disease Internal medicine Epidemiology Prevalence medicine Humans In patient cardiovascular diseases Stroke Aged Aged 80 and over Framingham Risk Score Vascular disease business.industry Coronary risk factors Coronary Stenosis Mean age Middle Aged medicine.disease Circulatory system Cardiology Female medicine.symptom Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business |
| Zdroj: | The American Journal of Cardiology. 100:960-961 |
| ISSN: | 0002-9149 |
| Popis: | This study was conducted to investigate the prevalence and severity of obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) in 64 men and 38 women (mean age 71 9 years) with previous stroke and in 102 age- and gender-matched patients with similar coronary risk factors without previous stroke who underwent coronary angiography for chest pain. Obstructive CAD was present in 100 of 102 patients (98%) with previous stroke and in 84 of 102 (82%) patients without previous stroke (p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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