Why the study?
Is increased carotid intima-media thickness associated with the presence and extent of significant coronary artery disease in patients with stable angina pectoris?
Population
100 consecutive patients with stable angina pectoris and documented ischemia on a stress test evaluated by…
Comparison
Carotid Doppler ultrasound examination for… vs Patients without a noncritical coronary lesion…
Design
Cohort, Radiologist blinded to the angiographic data
Authors
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CIMT may refine noninvasive CAD prediction in stable angina; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before practice change.
Is increased carotid intima-media thickness associated with the presence and extent of significant coronary artery disease in patients with stable angina pectoris?
Increased carotid intima-media thickness is strongly associated with the presence and extent of significant coronary artery disease in patients with stable angina, serving as a potential non-invasive predictor.
Çoşkun et al. (2009) studied this question.
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