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Four Different Carotid Atherosclerotic Behaviors Based on Luminal Stenosis and Plaque Characteristics in Symptomatic Patients: An in Vivo Study
Correct stratification of ischemic stroke risk allows for the proper treatment of carotid atherosclerotic disease. We seek to differentiate plaque types based on stenosis level and plaque morphology. The Chinese Atherosclerosis Risk Evaluation (CARE–II) study is a cross-sectional, observational, mul...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6963409/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31581663 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics9040137 |
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author | Watase, Hiroko Canton, Gador Sun, Jie Zhao, Xihai Hatsukami, Thomas S. Yuan, Chun |
author_facet | Watase, Hiroko Canton, Gador Sun, Jie Zhao, Xihai Hatsukami, Thomas S. Yuan, Chun |
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description | Correct stratification of ischemic stroke risk allows for the proper treatment of carotid atherosclerotic disease. We seek to differentiate plaque types based on stenosis level and plaque morphology. The Chinese Atherosclerosis Risk Evaluation (CARE–II) study is a cross-sectional, observational, multicenter study to assess carotid atherosclerotic plaques in symptomatic subjects using vessel wall magnetic resonance imaging. Plaque morphology and presence of plaque components were reviewed using multi-contrast magnetic resonance imaging. The carotid arteries were divided into four groups based on stenosis level and plaque components. Out of 1072 ischemic stroke subjects, 452 ipsilateral side carotid arteries were included. Significant stenosis (SS) (≥50% stenosis) with high-risk plaque (HRP) features was present in 37 arteries (8.2%), SS(+)/HRP(−) in 29 arteries (6.4%), SS(−)/HRP(+) in 57 arteries (12.6%), and SS(−)/HRP(−) in 329 arteries (72.8%). The prevalence of SS(−)/HRP(+) arteries in this cohort was substantial and had greater wall thickness than the SS(+)/HRP(−) group. These arteries may be misclassified for carotid revascularization by current guidelines based on the degree of luminal stenosis only. These findings have implications for further studies to assess stroke risk using vessel wall imaging. |
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spelling | pubmed-69634092020-02-26 Four Different Carotid Atherosclerotic Behaviors Based on Luminal Stenosis and Plaque Characteristics in Symptomatic Patients: An in Vivo Study Watase, Hiroko Canton, Gador Sun, Jie Zhao, Xihai Hatsukami, Thomas S. Yuan, Chun Diagnostics (Basel) Article Correct stratification of ischemic stroke risk allows for the proper treatment of carotid atherosclerotic disease. We seek to differentiate plaque types based on stenosis level and plaque morphology. The Chinese Atherosclerosis Risk Evaluation (CARE–II) study is a cross-sectional, observational, multicenter study to assess carotid atherosclerotic plaques in symptomatic subjects using vessel wall magnetic resonance imaging. Plaque morphology and presence of plaque components were reviewed using multi-contrast magnetic resonance imaging. The carotid arteries were divided into four groups based on stenosis level and plaque components. Out of 1072 ischemic stroke subjects, 452 ipsilateral side carotid arteries were included. Significant stenosis (SS) (≥50% stenosis) with high-risk plaque (HRP) features was present in 37 arteries (8.2%), SS(+)/HRP(−) in 29 arteries (6.4%), SS(−)/HRP(+) in 57 arteries (12.6%), and SS(−)/HRP(−) in 329 arteries (72.8%). The prevalence of SS(−)/HRP(+) arteries in this cohort was substantial and had greater wall thickness than the SS(+)/HRP(−) group. These arteries may be misclassified for carotid revascularization by current guidelines based on the degree of luminal stenosis only. These findings have implications for further studies to assess stroke risk using vessel wall imaging. MDPI 2019-10-02 /pmc/articles/PMC6963409/ /pubmed/31581663 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics9040137 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Watase, Hiroko Canton, Gador Sun, Jie Zhao, Xihai Hatsukami, Thomas S. Yuan, Chun Four Different Carotid Atherosclerotic Behaviors Based on Luminal Stenosis and Plaque Characteristics in Symptomatic Patients: An in Vivo Study |
title | Four Different Carotid Atherosclerotic Behaviors Based on Luminal Stenosis and Plaque Characteristics in Symptomatic Patients: An in Vivo Study |
title_full | Four Different Carotid Atherosclerotic Behaviors Based on Luminal Stenosis and Plaque Characteristics in Symptomatic Patients: An in Vivo Study |
title_fullStr | Four Different Carotid Atherosclerotic Behaviors Based on Luminal Stenosis and Plaque Characteristics in Symptomatic Patients: An in Vivo Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Four Different Carotid Atherosclerotic Behaviors Based on Luminal Stenosis and Plaque Characteristics in Symptomatic Patients: An in Vivo Study |
title_short | Four Different Carotid Atherosclerotic Behaviors Based on Luminal Stenosis and Plaque Characteristics in Symptomatic Patients: An in Vivo Study |
title_sort | four different carotid atherosclerotic behaviors based on luminal stenosis and plaque characteristics in symptomatic patients: an in vivo study |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6963409/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31581663 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics9040137 |
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