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Prospective Evaluation of Carotid Bruit as a Predictor of First Stroke in Type 2 Diabetes, The Fremantle Diabetes Study
Stroke 34:2145-2151, Gillett,M.,et al, 2003
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Article Abstract
Type 2 diabetic patients found to have incidental carotid bruits have > 6 times the risk of first stroke in the first 2 years than patients without a bruit and should receive intensified management of vascular risk factors. Carotid imaging with a view to surgical intervention in these patients remains controversial.
 
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