High-risk carotid plaques and incident ischemic stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation in the Cardiovascular Health Study.
Jean Jacques N NoubiapGijo ThomasJoseph Kamtchum-TatueneMelissa E MiddeldorpPrashanthan SandersPublished in: European journal of neurology (2023)
Neither the degree of carotid stenosis nor the presence of vulnerable plaques was associated with incident ischemic stroke in this cohort with AF. This suggests that carotid disease was probably not a significant contributor to ischemic stroke in this population.