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This study sought to evaluate the role of atherosclerosis assessment using carotid ultrasound (CU) in women attending for stress echocardiography (SE).<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>This was a prospective study in which consecutive women with recent-onset suspected angina, who were referred for clinically indicated SE, underwent CU.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>415 women (mean age 61\u00b110 years, 29% diabetes mellitus, mean body mass index 28) attending for SE underwent CU. 47 women (11%) had inducible wall motion abnormalities, and carotid disease (CD) was present in 46% (carotid plaque in 41%, carotid intima-media thickness &gt;75th percentile in 15%). Women with CD were older (65 vs 58 years, p&lt;0.001), and more likely to have diabetes (41% vs 21%, p=0.001), hypertension (67% vs 36%, p&lt;0.01) and a higher pretest probability of CAD (59% vs 41%, p&lt;0.001). 40% of women classified as low Framingham risk were found to have evidence of CD.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>The positive predictive value of SE for flow-limiting CAD was 51%, but with the presence of carotid plaque, this was 71% (p&lt;0.01). Carotid plaque (p=0.004) and ischaemia (p=0.01) were the only independent predictors of &gt;70% angiographic stenosis. In women with ischaemia on SE and no carotid plaque, the negative predictive value for flow-limiting disease was 88%.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>During a follow-up of 1058\u00b1234 days, there were 15 events (defined as all-cause mortality, non-fatal myocardial infarction, heart failure admissions and late coronary revascularisation). Age (HR 1.07 (1.00\u20131.15), p=0.04), carotid plaque burden (HR 1.65 (1.36\u20132.00), p&lt;0.001) and ischaemic burden (HR 1.41 (1.18\u20131.68), p&lt;0.001) were associated with outcome. There was a stepwise increase in events\/year from 0.3% when there were no ischaemia and atherosclerosis, 1.1% when there was atherosclerosis and no ischaemia, 2.2% when there was ischaemia and no atherosclerosis and 10% when there were both ischaemia and atherosclerosis (p&lt;0.001).<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>CU significantly improves the accuracy of SE alone for identifying flow-limiting disease on coronary angiography, and improves risk stratification in women attending for SE, as well identifying a subset of women who may benefit from primary preventative measures.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1136\/openhrt-2019-001188","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,6,25]],"date-time":"2020-06-25T05:35:23Z","timestamp":1593063323000},"page":"e001188","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/crossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Role of adjuvant carotid ultrasound in women undergoing stress echocardiography for the assessment of suspected coronary artery disease"],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"7","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7143-0655","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sothinathan","family":"Gurunathan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK"},{"name":"Department of Cardiology, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mayooran","family":"Shanmuganathan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK"},{"name":"Department of Cardiology, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Reinette","family":"Hampson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiology, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Rajdeep","family":"Khattar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK"},{"name":"Department of Cardiology, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6579-7039","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Roxy","family":"Senior","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK"},{"name":"Department of Cardiology, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, UK"},{"name":"Department of Cardiology, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,6,24]]},"reference":[{"key":"2025081709415068000_7.1.e001188.1","unstructured":"WHO . 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