Abstract
To the Editor: We read with interest the paper by Amarenco et al1 about asymptomatic coronary artery disease (CAD) in patients with ischemic stroke. The authors reported a high prevalence of CAD (25.9% for coronary stenosis ≥50% and 61.9% regardless of stenosis severity) in patients with nonfatal cerebral infarction and no known coronary heart disease. They also showed that vascular risk factors and atherosclerosis in other arteries, particularly in extracranial carotid arteries, were predictive factors of CAD. We agree with the authors that given the current state …
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