Reducing risk of stroke in patients with acute coronary syndrome: Is screening for asymptomatic carotid disease useful?

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 397-402

  Fichet, Jérôme ^a   de Labriolle, Axel ^a   Giraudeau, Bruno ^b   Arbeille, Philippe ^c   Charbonnier, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b CHU BRETONNEAU   (France)

^c SERVICE DE DERMATOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Atherosclerosis; Carotid stenosis; Echography; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SCREENING TEST;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRANCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED;

EID: 57049097057     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00380-008-1065-6     Document Type: Article

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