Impact of sex and age on carotid plaque instability in asymptomatic patients-results from the Munich Vascular Biobank.
CONCLUSIONS: Asymptomatic men had in total more frequently unstable plaques in contrast to women. Thus, male sex seems to be an additional risk factor for ischemic stroke.
PMID: 27351411 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: VASA. Zeitschrift fur Gefasskrankheiten. Journal for Vascular Diseases - Category: Surgery Authors: Pelisek J, Wendorff C, Wendorff H, Kuehnl A, Tsantilas P, Kallmayer M, Eckstein HH Tags: Vasa Source Type: research