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Abstract
This work was planned to study the prevalence of carotid
atherosclerosis in patient with coronary heart disease, and to evaluate
the strong predictors of carotid affection in them (as age, sex,
smoking, diabetes, dyslipidaemia and coronary artery disease).
In this study 128 patients with chest pain evaluated for CAD
through coronary angiography. After coronary angiography and
exclusion of patient without CAD, the patient with positive coronary
angiography (102 patients) underwent carotid duplex, where this
patients classified into two groups as regard carotid duplex:
Group A:
Patients with positive coronary angiography and negative
carotid duplex (74 patients).
Group B:
Patients with positive coronary angiography and positive carotid
duplex (28 patients).
All individuals were subjected to the following investigations:
1- Full clinical examination with special concentration on the
cardiovascular system.
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2- Laboratory examination including total lipid profile, fasting and
postprandial blood sugar and serum creatinine.
3- Standard surface 12- ECG.
4- Echocardiography.
5- Duplex carotid ultrasonography.