TY - BOOK AU - Hani Nabil Ahmed Shebly AU - Essam Baligh , AU - Foad Abdallah , AU - Mohammed Abdelghani , TI - Risk factors stratification among Egyptian subjects with carotid atherosclerosis / PY - 2012/// CY - Cairo : PB - Hani Nabil Ahmed Shebly , KW - Carotid atherosclerosis KW - Carotid duplex KW - Carotid stenosis N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Cardiology; Issued also as CD N2 - Carotid atherosclerosis ranges from diffuse intima media thickening to total occlusion, and the severity depends mainly on presence of traditional cardiovascular risk factors, some patients may develop stroke and transient ischemic attacks. This article describes the prevalence of extracranial carotid atherosclerosis assessed by ultrasonography, its association with risk factors, and its relation to symptomatic TIAs and stroke in Egyptian population UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -