Ischemic heart disease is an important cause of death in stroke patients during a long-term follow-up. , Ischemic stroke survivors have a high prevalence of asymptomatic coronary artery disease (CAD). Indeed, half of those with no cardiac history have some degree of coronary atherosclerotic plaques and one-third have more than 50% of coronary stenosis. For the assessment of CAD risk, a non-invasive stratification score based on the extent and density of computed tomography coronary artery calcium (CAC) was proposed by […]
