Metabolic syndrome and intracranial large artery atherosclerosis may help identify Japanese patients with cerebral infarction who are at the highest risk for asymptomatic CAD.
May support selective CAD screening in Japanese stroke patients with metabolic syndrome; hypothesis-generating pending prospective validation.
Japanese patients with cerebral infarction have a high prevalence of CVD, especially asymptomatic CAD. Both metabolic syndrome and intracranial large artery atherosclerosis may be potential predictors for identifying patients with cerebral infarction who are at the highest risk of asymptomatic CAD.
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