1 results match your criteria: "Cardiovascular and Nephro-Urological Diseases of the University Hospital Paolo Giaccone[Affiliation]"
Asymptomatic carotid lesions add to cardiovascular risk prediction.
Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil
October 2010
School of Cardiovascular Disease, Center for Diagnosis of Subclinical and Multifocal Atherosclerosis and Secondary Prevention, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular and Nephro-Urological Diseases of the University Hospital Paolo Giaccone, Palermo, Italy.
Aim: To show that subclinical atherosclerosis (subclinical-ATS) of carotid arteries [intima-media thickness (IMT) or asymptomatic carotid plaque (ACP)], may provide additional information for risk stratification, in asymptomatic patients, aged greater than 45 years, with a cluster of risk factors (RFs).
Methods And Results: We studied 558 asymptomatic patients (235 males). RFs for atherosclerosis were assessed and the 10-year-risk was calculated according to the Italian risk score.