In particular, patients with a grade V aortic atheroma, among whom the risk of subsequent stroke is high, generally start to receive clopidogrel or warfarin postoperatively, although definitive ...

Vascular disease history (peripheral arterial disease, previous MI, aortic atheroma) is not included in the CHADS 2 score, but is included in the CHADS 2 Vasc score. A score of 0 indicates a very ...

In Images in Clinical Medicine (Dec. 11 issue), 1 Lee and Chandraratna provide evidence of dry gangrene in the right foot of a 62-year-old man and evidence of a mobile arch atheroma. They suggest ...

Boston, MA Off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery was associated with lower hospital mortality and fewer strokes compared with on-pump surgery in patients with atheromatous aortic disease in a ...