Prevalence of subclinical coronary artery disease in ischemic stroke patients.

CONCLUSIONS: Our results show that the prevalence of subclinical CAD in ischemic stroke patients was high, and that a quarter of them had high-risk CAD. Age, diabetes, stroke, and male sex were independent predictors of high-risk CAD. PMID: 24861913 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24861913?dopt=Abstract

Source: Journal of Cardiology - May 23, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Iwasaki K, Haraoka K, Hamaguchi T, Imamura T, Kawada S, Ohno M, Kashihara K Tags: J Cardiol Source Type: research