Common Carotid Artery Stenosis Degree as a Predictor of Cardiovascular Disease in a General Population: The Suita Study

Common Carotid Artery Stenosis Degree as a Predictor of Cardiovascular Disease in a General Population: The Suita Study

Background The utility of screening for the degree of common carotid artery (CCA) stenosis as a predictor of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in a general population remains unclear. Methods and Results We studied 4775 Japanese men and women whose CCA was measured using bilateral carotid ultrasonography...

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Main Authors: Masayuki Teramoto, Yoshihiro Kokubo, Ahmed Arafa, Rena Kashima, Yoko M. Nakao, Haytham A. Sheerah, Hiroharu Kataoka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2024-01-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
carotid stenosis
carotid ultrasonography
cohort study
coronary heart disease
stroke
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.123.030828

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