Asymptomatic carotid bruit and stenosis: a reappraisal.
Asymptomatic carotid bruit and stenosis: a reappraisal.
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无症状颈动脉杂音和狭窄:重新评估。
作者:
Yatsu,FM;Hart,RG
Two important population-based, epidemiological studies assess the occurrence and implications of asymptomatic cervical bruits. The Framingham Study followed 171 people (66 men and 105 women) with newly detected, asymptomatic bruits for up to eight years. 2 The prevalence of bruits increased both with age (3.5% in 44 to 54 year olds, 7.0% in 65 to 79 year olds) and with the presence of hypertension and diabetes mellitus. The stroke rate in the patients with bruits was more than twice the expected incidence, but half were either nonischemic strokes, not appropriate to the side of bruit, or due to cardiogenic embolism (Table 1).