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Trial reportScientific reports2016

Asymptomatic Extracranial Artery Stenosis and the Risk of Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Diseases.

Dandan Wang, Jing Wang, Cheng Jin, Ruijun Ji, Anxin Wang, Xin Li, Xiang Gao, Shouling Wu, Yong Zhou, Xingquan Zhao

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Trial report in Scientific reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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17citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 7 institutions in 2 countries.

Dandan WangDepartment of Neurology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Jing WangDepartment of Neurology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Cheng JinDepartment of Cardiology, Kailuan Hospital, Tangshan, China.
Ruijun JiDepartment of Neurology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Anxin WangDepartment of Neurology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Xin LiDepartment of interventional neurology, the affiliated hospital of Qingdao university, Qingdao, China.
Xiang GaoDepartment of Nutrition, Harvard University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Shouling WuDepartment of Cardiology, Kailuan Hospital, Tangshan, China.
Yong ZhouBeijing Institute of Heart, Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Xingquan ZhaoDepartment of Neurology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Capital Medical University · CNChinese Institute for Brain Research · CNKailuan General Hospital · CNBeijing Tian Tan Hospital · CNHarvard University · USNational Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases · CNQingdao University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Asymptomatic extracranial artery stenosis (ECAS) is a well-known risk factor for stroke events, but it remains unclear whether it has the same role in predicting cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, especially in China. We investigated the potential associations between ECAS, carotid plaque and carotid intima-media thickness and the new occurrence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases in the study. Out of 5440 study participants, 364 showed an asymptomatic ECAS at baseline, and 185 had come up to the final vascular events (brain infarction, intracerebral hemorrhage, subarachnoid hemorrhage, coronary heart disease and death due to the vascular diseases). During the follow- up. ECAS, carotid plaque and its instability and increased CIMT have associated with vascular events significantly (P < 0.05). After adjusting relevant vascular risk factors, ECAS still has a strong relationship with the new occurrence of vascular events, especially the brain infarction (HR: 2.101; 95% CI: 1.027-4.298; P = 0.042). We observed a clear relationship between ECAS and the new occurrence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease, especially the brain infarction event. Carotid plaque and its instability and increased CIMT have all relevant with the occurrence of vascular events. Our findings provide direct evidence for the importance of ECAS in vascular events occurrence.

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Brain InfarctionCarotid Intima-Media ThicknessCarotid StenosisPlaque, AtheroscleroticAdultAgedFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleMiddle AgedRisk Factors

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PMID27650877
PMCPMC5030632
OpenAlexW2523729156

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