title: Silent cerebral infarction associated with coronary artery disease.
abstract: To investigate the relationship of coronary artery disease and silent cerebral infarction, 50 patients who underwent coronary arteriography and cranial magnetic resonance imaging were studied. The patients were divided into three groups. The incidence of silent cerebral infarction (chiefly lacunar infarction) was significantly higher in patients with old myocardial infarction and in those with angina pectoris than in the control group (80, 78 and 29%, respectively, p < 0.05). Silent cerebral infarction is considered to be a risk factor for symptomatic cerebrovascular disease, so more attention should be focussed on the prevention of stroke in patients with coronary artery disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Health Insurance Nankai Hospital, Oita, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hara
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nawata
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shiraiwa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Urakami
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsunematsu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kusakabe
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ooga
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Niwa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Maeda
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged