Predictive value of associations between carotid and coronary artery disease in patients with acute coronary syndromes.
The present study evaluated the association among sonographic characteristics of carotid plaques, angiographic morphology of coronary lesions, and outcomes of patients who had acute coronary syndromes. In treatment-stratified Cox's proportional hazards regression analysis, hard carotid plaques and coronary lesions of complex morphology were found to be independent predictors of future cardiac events.
Komorovsky
Roman
R
Cardiovascular Research Foundation, Department of Angiology, S. Giacomo Hospital, Castelfranco Veneto, Italy. roman_komor@yahoo.com <roman_komor@yahoo.com>
Desideri
Alessandro
A
Coscarelli
Sebastian
S
Cortigiani
Lauro
L
Tonello
Diego
D
Visonà
Adriana
A
Celegon
Leopoldo
L
D000208:Acute Disease; D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000150:complications*; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies