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Trial reportCardiovascular ultrasound2007

Low prevalence of significant carotid artery disease in Iranian patients undergoing elective coronary artery bypass.

Mohammad K Tarzamni, Abbas Afrasyabi, Mehdi Farhoodi, Fatemeh Karimi, Sara Farhang

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Trial report in Cardiovascular ultrasound, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mohammad K TarzamniAssociate professor of Radiology, Department of Radiology, Tabriz university of medical sciences, Tabriz, Iran. tarzamni@yahoo.com
Abbas Afrasyabi
Mehdi Farhoodi
Fatemeh Karimi
Sara Farhang
Tabriz University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCoronary artery bypass grafting ranks as one of the most frequent operations worldwide. The presence of carotid artery stenosis may increase the stroke rate in the perioperative period. Routine preoperative noninvasive assessment of the carotid arteries are recommended in many institutions to reduce the stroke rate.

methods271 consecutive patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting at Shaheed Madani hospital of Tabriz, Iran (age, 58.5 Y; 73.1% male) underwent preoperative ultrasonography for assessment of carotid artery wall thickness.

resultsPlaque in right common, left common, right internal and left internal carotid arteries was detected in 4.8%, 7.4%, 43.2% and 42.1% of patients respectively. 5 patients (1.8%) had significant (<50%) and 3 (1.1%) patients had critical (<70%) stenosis in internal carotid arteries. Plaque formation in common carotid was not significantly different between two genders but the stenosis of left internal carotid was more frequently seen among men. Patients with plaques in right or left internal carotid arteries were significantly older.

conclusionConsecutive Iranian patients undergoing elective coronary artery bypass surgery show a very low prevalence of significant carotid artery disease.

Indexed as

Carotid StenosisCoronary Artery BypassElective Surgical ProceduresFemaleHumansIncidenceIranMaleMiddle AgedPrevalenceRisk AssessmentTreatment OutcomeUltrasonography

Identifiers

PMID17214901
PMCPMC1785365
OpenAlexW1548141192

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