Carotid plaque rather than intima-media thickness as a predictor of recurrent vascular events in patients with acute ischemic stroke.

Cardiovasc Ultrasound · 2017 · PMC5525267 · PMID 28738808

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Thirdly, the presence of carotid plaque at any sites, as a whole, was an independent predictor of future VEs, whereas the presence of plaque at CCA or bulb or ICA showed marginal significance for predicting VEs.

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