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Vascular Events During Follow-up in Patients with Aortic Arch Atherosclerosis Stroke 28:36-39, Mitusch,R.,et al, 1997 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract In this study,193 patients with the diagnosis of aortic arch atherosclerosis were prospectively followed up.This diagnosis was made during an echocardiographic cross-sectional study.In 136 patients,raised plaques with thickness<5 mm had been shown to exist,and in 47 patients complex plaques with thickness>/=5 mm or plaques with mobile components had been demonstrated on the initial transesophageal echocardiography. Patients with the finding of protruding plaque or plaques with mobile components have a high risk of subsequent vascular events.

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