ATEROSCLEROSI CAROTIDEA E PERIFERICA E RESTENOSI CORONARICA DOPO ANGIOPLASTICA PERCUTANEA.

MULTIFOCAL ATHEROSCLEROSIS INFLUENCING THE OUTCOME OF PATIENTS WITH ACUTE AND CHRONIC CORONARY HEART DISEASE

MULTIFOCAL ATHEROSCLEROSIS INFLUENCING THE OUTCOME OF PATIENTS WITH ACUTE AND CHRONIC CORONARY HEART DISEASE

RISK FACTORS, MULTIFOCAL ATHEROSCLEROSIS AND RESTENOSIS POST-PTCA

INFLUENCE OF CAROTID AND PERIPHERAL ATHERLSCLEROSIS IN THE OUTCOME OF PATIENTS WITH ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME

INFLUENCE OF CAROTID AND PERIPHERAL ATHERLSCLEROSIS IN THE OUTCOME OF PATIENTS WITH ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME

RISK FACTORS AND MULTIFOCAL ATHEROSCLEROSIS INFLUENCE THE RATE OF RESTENOSIS POST-PTCA

PERIPHERAL ATEROSCLEROSIS AND RESTENOSIS AFTER PCI

Peripheral atherosclerosis is associated with the occurrence of restenosis after percutaneous coronary intervention

The aim of our study was to evaluate, in patients with proven coronary artery disease (CAD) and treated with elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), whether the coexistence of asymptomatic carotid and femoral atherosclerotic lesions would provide prognostic information in terms of occurrence of restenosis.We studied 104 patients with CAD (M/F=77/27), mean age 60.5+/-9 years. All patients were treated with elective PCI. After PCI the suspicion of restenosis was confirmed by coronary angiography. All patients underwent ultrasound duplex scan of carotid and femoral-popliteal-tibial axis to detect atherosclerotic lesions. According to ultrasound results, patients were classified as n…