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May 1, 1963CirculationOpen Access

Correlation of the Extent and Severity of Atherosclerosis in the Coronary and Cerebral Arteries

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Population

200 consecutive medicolegal autopsies

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

KMK S MathurThe Royal Melbourne HospitalSKSurekha KashyapUniversity Health NetworkVKVineet KumarJunagadh Agricultural University

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Implication

May support integrated vascular risk assessment; leaves open prospective validation of predictive utility.

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Population
200 consecutive medicolegal autopsies
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Outcome
Correlation of the extent and severity of atherosclerosis in the coronary and cerebral arteries and between their individual branchessurrogate

Autopsy data reveals that while coronary atherosclerosis develops roughly 20 years earlier than cerebral atherosclerosis, the extent and severity of disease in both arterial beds are significantly correlated.

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Mathur et al. (1963) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69952cb36d04fdc8c5d4a441https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.27.5.929

Topics

Coronary artery diseaseAtrial fibrillationPersistent AF management
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