New scoring system for coronary artery disease diagnosis based on doppler and duplex markers

摘要

Introduction: Atherosclerotic occlusive arterial disease is the leading cause of death and disability in developed countries and the most common cause of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in the Western countries. As atherosclerosis is often asymptomatic prior to the first clinical manifestation, subclinical detection of arterial atherosclerosis is of paramount importance. Improved diagnosis of subclinical disease is essential for early risk reduction and better classification of individuals at intermediate cardiovascular risk. Relying purely on conventional cardiovascular risk factors could be misleading as these risk factors are responsible for only 50% of patients who develop CAD.