title: [The relationship between coronary atherosclerotic stenosis and cerebral atherosclerotic stenosis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To observe the relationship between coronary and carotid/cerebral atherosclerotic stenosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Carotid/aortocranial angiography and coronary angiography were performed in 34 CAD patients complicated with symptomatic cerebral ischemia. Patients were divided into 3 subgroups according to the extent of arterial stenosis determined by angiography. There were 5 light, 4 moderate and 25 severe stenosis determined by coronary angiography and there were 6 light, 6 moderate and 24 severe stenosis determined by carotid/aortocranial angiography.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The extent of coronary artery stenosis was parallel to the carotid artery or vertebral artery stenosis. Twenty-four patients out of 25 patients with severe coronary stenosis had severe cerebrovascular stenosis (P = 0.873). The coincident rate was as high as 92% for patients with moderate or severe cerebrovascular stenosis whose Califf risk scores of coronary artery were more than or equal to 2. The follow-up study showed the incidence of cardiovascular event and cerebrovascular event increased significantly in the patients with moderate to severe coronary and cerebral arteries stenosis and 3 patients with severe stenosis found in both coronary and cerebral arteries died during follow up.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The incidence and severity of coronary artery stenosis is parallel with carotid artery or vertebral artery stenosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Xuan Wu Hospital, Capital University of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100053, China.
authors.forename: Jia-ping
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Kang
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Ji-fang
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.forename: Chun-yan
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Xiao-guang
authors.initials: XG
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Jia-rui
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Shen-mao
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Zhi-Yong
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ling
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D050197:Atherosclerosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D002537:Intracranial Arteriosclerosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged