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Polyvascular extracoronary atherosclerotic disease in patients with coronary artery disease.

Tadeusz Przewłocki, Anna Kabłak-Ziembicka, Artur Kozanecki, Daniel Rzeźnik, Piotr Pieniążek, Piotr Musiałek, Adam Piskorz, Andrzej Sokołowski, Agnieszka Rosławiecka, Wiesława Tracz

PubMed · 2009 · 37 citations · 18 references

Abstract

Significant atherosclerosis in extracoronary arterial territories is present in 36% of patients with documented CAD. With advancing PVA, accumulation of atherosclerosis risk factors, previous atherothrombotic events and more severe CAD is observed.

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