title: Predictive value of associations between carotid and coronary artery disease in patients with acute coronary syndromes.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Research Foundation, Department of Angiology, S. Giacomo Hospital, Castelfranco Veneto, Italy. roman_komor@yahoo.com <roman_komor@yahoo.com>
authors.forename: Roman
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Komorovsky
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Desideri
authors.forename: Sebastian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Coscarelli
authors.forename: Lauro
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cortigiani
authors.forename: Diego
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tonello
authors.forename: Adriana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Visonà
authors.forename: Leopoldo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Celegon
mesh_terms: 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