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Association of Carotid Plaque Echogenicity with Recurrence of Ischemic Stroke
BACKGROUND: Atherosclerosis is related to various cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events like cerebral infarction. Recurrence of ischemic stroke is specifically related to atherosclerotic load as determined by the presence of carotid atheromatous plaques and its echogenicity. AIM: This study was...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3731869/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23923112 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1947-2714.114170 |
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author | Singh, Amit Shankar Atam, Virendra Jain, Nirdesh Yathish, Besthanahalli Errapa Patil, Malagouda R Das, Liza |
author_facet | Singh, Amit Shankar Atam, Virendra Jain, Nirdesh Yathish, Besthanahalli Errapa Patil, Malagouda R Das, Liza |
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description | BACKGROUND: Atherosclerosis is related to various cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events like cerebral infarction. Recurrence of ischemic stroke is specifically related to atherosclerotic load as determined by the presence of carotid atheromatous plaques and its echogenicity. AIM: This study was to evaluate the association of recurrence of stroke with echogenic characteristics of carotid plaque in ischemic stroke patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Carotid sonography using high-resolution 7.5 MHz along with gray-scale technique was done in each ischemic stroke patient to find the occurrence of plaque and its echogenicity according to Mannheim Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Consensus (2004-2006). Followup of patient done to know the recurrence of stroke during 6-month duration and its association with plaque echogenicity. RESULTS: A significant association found between the presence of plaque and known cerebrovascular risk factors. Also significant association found between recurrence of stroke and echolucent character of carotid plaque in bivariate analysis (P = 0.0028). CONCLUSIONS: Recurrence of stroke is related to advanced stage of atherosclerosis that is specified by carotid plaque and its characteristics. It will help us to identify groups of patients at different risk for stroke and planning better strategies to prevent such events. |
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spelling | pubmed-37318692013-08-06 Association of Carotid Plaque Echogenicity with Recurrence of Ischemic Stroke Singh, Amit Shankar Atam, Virendra Jain, Nirdesh Yathish, Besthanahalli Errapa Patil, Malagouda R Das, Liza N Am J Med Sci Original Article BACKGROUND: Atherosclerosis is related to various cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events like cerebral infarction. Recurrence of ischemic stroke is specifically related to atherosclerotic load as determined by the presence of carotid atheromatous plaques and its echogenicity. AIM: This study was to evaluate the association of recurrence of stroke with echogenic characteristics of carotid plaque in ischemic stroke patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Carotid sonography using high-resolution 7.5 MHz along with gray-scale technique was done in each ischemic stroke patient to find the occurrence of plaque and its echogenicity according to Mannheim Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Consensus (2004-2006). Followup of patient done to know the recurrence of stroke during 6-month duration and its association with plaque echogenicity. RESULTS: A significant association found between the presence of plaque and known cerebrovascular risk factors. Also significant association found between recurrence of stroke and echolucent character of carotid plaque in bivariate analysis (P = 0.0028). CONCLUSIONS: Recurrence of stroke is related to advanced stage of atherosclerosis that is specified by carotid plaque and its characteristics. It will help us to identify groups of patients at different risk for stroke and planning better strategies to prevent such events. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013-06 /pmc/articles/PMC3731869/ /pubmed/23923112 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1947-2714.114170 Text en Copyright: © North American Journal of Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Singh, Amit Shankar Atam, Virendra Jain, Nirdesh Yathish, Besthanahalli Errapa Patil, Malagouda R Das, Liza Association of Carotid Plaque Echogenicity with Recurrence of Ischemic Stroke |
title | Association of Carotid Plaque Echogenicity with Recurrence of Ischemic Stroke |
title_full | Association of Carotid Plaque Echogenicity with Recurrence of Ischemic Stroke |
title_fullStr | Association of Carotid Plaque Echogenicity with Recurrence of Ischemic Stroke |
title_full_unstemmed | Association of Carotid Plaque Echogenicity with Recurrence of Ischemic Stroke |
title_short | Association of Carotid Plaque Echogenicity with Recurrence of Ischemic Stroke |
title_sort | association of carotid plaque echogenicity with recurrence of ischemic stroke |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3731869/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23923112 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1947-2714.114170 |
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