Usefulness of carotid ultrasonography in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease in patients undergoing exercise echocardiography.
Raul Franco-GutierrezAlberto José Pérez-PérezVirginia Franco-GutiérrezAna María Testa-FernándezRafael Carlos Vidal-PérezManuel Lorenzo López-ReboiroVíctor Manuel Puebla-RojoMelisa Santás-ÁlvarezMaría Generosa Crespo-LeiroCarlos González-JuanateyPublished in: Cardiovascular ultrasound (2018)
CP is associated with CAD in patients undergoing EE, however its addition to EE does not improve CAD prediction, probably due to insufficient statistical power. CP reclassified one third of patients to very high-risk category despite negative EE or CAD absence, these subjects benefit from aggressive primary prevention interventions.
Keyphrases
- coronary artery disease
- patients undergoing
- end stage renal disease
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- cardiovascular events
- physical activity
- ejection fraction
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- magnetic resonance imaging
- computed tomography
- peritoneal dialysis
- left ventricular
- prognostic factors
- heart failure
- contrast enhanced
- aortic stenosis
- atrial fibrillation
- patient reported outcomes
- body composition