Usefulness of carotid ultrasonography in the assessment of coronary artery disease extension in patients undergoing exercise echocardiography.
Raul Franco-GutierrezAlberto José Pérez-PérezVirginia Franco-GutiérrezAna María Testa-FernándezAndrea López-LópezRuth Pérez-FérnandezManuel Lorenzo López-ReboiroMargarita Regueiro-AbelMaría Generosa Crespo-LeiroCarlos González-JuanateyPublished in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2018)
CP is associated with CAD extension in patients with ischemic heart disease suspicion undergoing EE. Patients with CP could benefit from a more aggressive therapeutic strategy regarding patients without carotid disease and similar risk EE, especially in intermediate- and/or low-risk test where guidelines recommend initially optimal medical treatment.
Keyphrases
- coronary artery disease
- patients undergoing
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- healthcare
- magnetic resonance imaging
- newly diagnosed
- prognostic factors
- computed tomography
- left ventricular
- pulmonary hypertension
- heart failure
- cardiovascular events
- type diabetes
- high intensity
- cardiovascular disease
- magnetic resonance
- acute coronary syndrome
- combination therapy