Panoramic radiography: an aid in detecting patients at risk of cerebrovascular accident.
Some individuals at risk for a cerebrovascular accident can be identified in the dental office by appropriate review of their panoramic radiographs. Radiographs were evaluated for 304 outpatients, 55 years or older, to check the presence of calcifications associated with artery disease. Three percent of the sample had such opacities.
Friedlander
A H
AH
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Sepulveda, Calif 91343.
Baker
J D
JD
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D017536:Carotid Artery, Common / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D012307:Risk Factors; D018616:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex