PREVALENCE AND PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL-DISEASE IN STROKE PATIENTS

Authors
TONELLI C FINZI G CATAMO A SILVESTRINI C SQUERI M MOMBELLONI A PONARI O
Citation
C. Tonelli et al., PREVALENCE AND PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL-DISEASE IN STROKE PATIENTS, International angiology, 12(4), 1993, pp. 342-343
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
International angiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03929590
Volume
12
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
342 - 343
Database
ISI
SICI code
0392-9590(1993)12:4<342:PAPVOP>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
As atherosclerosis is a multi-systemic disease, each patient presentin g clinical manifestation of atherosclerosis such as a stroke or RIND s hould be, from a vascular point of view, globally evaluated. The avail ability of Doppler ultrasound technique enables us to discover the pre sence of Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) which is not always overt in the patient's history. Furthermore the presence of PAD is associated w ith a poorer prognosis in stroke patients.