Can orthopantomography be used as a tool for screening of carotid atheromatous pathology and thus be used to help reduce the prevalence of ischemic stroke within the population?
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Can Orthopantomography be used as a tool for screening of carotid atheromatous pathology and thus be used to help reduce the prevalence of ischemic stroke within the population?
OBJECTIVE To assess the possibility of Dentists being able to screen patients with higher risk of vascular diseases. MATERIAL Kodak 8000C Orthopantomographer, eco-Doppler Logiq-500 General Electric at the Lisbon Hospital Particular. METHODS Assessment of orthopantomographies made to 142 patients aged 50 or more, as well as the existing risk factors. Conduction of carotid eco-Doppler to pati...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical and Experimental Dentistry
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1989-5488
DOI: 10.4317/jced.50643