A High Prevalence of Intracranial Stenosis in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease and the Diagnostic Value...

A High Prevalence of Intracranial Stenosis in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease and the Diagnostic Value..., Background: According to the data from the population-based Rotterdam study, intracranial carotid artery calcification detected by computed tomography is very common and contributed to 75% of all strokes., Background: According to the data from the population-based Rotterdam study, intracranial carotid artery calcification detected by computed tomography is very common and contributed to 75% of all strokes. The aim of the present study was to estimate the prevalence of intracranial stenosis (IS) using noninvasive transcranial color-coded duplex sonography (TCCS) in neurologically asymptomatic patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). Methods: Three hundred and eighty-nine patients with angiographically-confirmed, severe CAD were included prospectively., admin,