Why the study?
Does ultrasonographic assessment of intima-media thickness and plaques in the carotid and femoral arteries predict cardiovascular events in patients with stable angina pectoris?
Population
558 patients with stable angina pectoris, mean age 60, 182 females.
Design
Cohort, double-blind (for the underlying drug treatment)
Follow-up
median 3.0 years
Authors
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Femoral measures may refine revascularization risk stratification in stable angina; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Does ultrasonographic assessment of intima-media thickness and plaques in the carotid and femoral arteries predict cardiovascular events in patients with stable angina pectoris?
In patients with stable angina, ultrasonographic evaluation of carotid and femoral plaques provides better prediction of future cardiovascular events than intima-media thickness.
Claes Held (2001) studied this question.
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