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Correlation between calcium, water contents and ultrasonographic appearance of atherosclerotic lesions of carotid artery lesions
BACKGROUND: We tested the hypothesis whether there is a correlation between the echogenicity and calcium and water contents of carotid plaques. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Ninety carotid befurcations from 45 deceased patients were removed during autopsy. Thirty-four plaques were categorized as homogenous...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7712159/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33335767 http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/tnsci-2020-0115 |
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author | Fülesdi, Béla Farkas, Szabolcs Gyöngyösi, Zoltán Siró, Péter Bereczki, Dániel Bacsó, József Csiba, László |
author_facet | Fülesdi, Béla Farkas, Szabolcs Gyöngyösi, Zoltán Siró, Péter Bereczki, Dániel Bacsó, József Csiba, László |
author_sort | Fülesdi, Béla |
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description | BACKGROUND: We tested the hypothesis whether there is a correlation between the echogenicity and calcium and water contents of carotid plaques. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Ninety carotid befurcations from 45 deceased patients were removed during autopsy. Thirty-four plaques were categorized as homogenous echolucent (HEL), homogenous echogenic (HEG) and heterogenous (HE) plaques based on premortem B-mode image. Water content was expressed in % of wet weight. Ca was determined by proton-induced X-ray emission and expressed in ppm. Relative optical density of the B-mode images was analyzed offline using a computer program. RESULTS: HEL plaques had lower Ca content (medians and IQRs: 6,145 [4,465–6,536 ppm]) compared to HEG (74,100 [15,300–1,44,500−ppm]), P ≤ 0.001). HE plaques showed an intermediate calcium content (7,310 [4,840–9,920 ppm]) that was statistically not different from echolucent plaques. Water content of HEG plaques was statistically not different from HEL and HE (HEG:53.5 [35.5–64%], HEL: 73.5 [69.7–78.5%], HE: 70.6 [67.4–73.9%]). HEG plaques had the highest relative optical densities (196 [188–217%]). HEL and HE had similar relative optical densities (HEL: 176 [164–187%], HE: 164 [144–188%], respectively). A significant positive correlation was found between the Ca content and relative optical density of plaques. CONCLUSIONS: Echogenicity of carotid plaques increases along with their calcium content. Water content may be an important factor in differentiation of different plaques. |
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spelling | pubmed-77121592020-12-16 Correlation between calcium, water contents and ultrasonographic appearance of atherosclerotic lesions of carotid artery lesions Fülesdi, Béla Farkas, Szabolcs Gyöngyösi, Zoltán Siró, Péter Bereczki, Dániel Bacsó, József Csiba, László Transl Neurosci Research Article BACKGROUND: We tested the hypothesis whether there is a correlation between the echogenicity and calcium and water contents of carotid plaques. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Ninety carotid befurcations from 45 deceased patients were removed during autopsy. Thirty-four plaques were categorized as homogenous echolucent (HEL), homogenous echogenic (HEG) and heterogenous (HE) plaques based on premortem B-mode image. Water content was expressed in % of wet weight. Ca was determined by proton-induced X-ray emission and expressed in ppm. Relative optical density of the B-mode images was analyzed offline using a computer program. RESULTS: HEL plaques had lower Ca content (medians and IQRs: 6,145 [4,465–6,536 ppm]) compared to HEG (74,100 [15,300–1,44,500−ppm]), P ≤ 0.001). HE plaques showed an intermediate calcium content (7,310 [4,840–9,920 ppm]) that was statistically not different from echolucent plaques. Water content of HEG plaques was statistically not different from HEL and HE (HEG:53.5 [35.5–64%], HEL: 73.5 [69.7–78.5%], HE: 70.6 [67.4–73.9%]). HEG plaques had the highest relative optical densities (196 [188–217%]). HEL and HE had similar relative optical densities (HEL: 176 [164–187%], HE: 164 [144–188%], respectively). A significant positive correlation was found between the Ca content and relative optical density of plaques. CONCLUSIONS: Echogenicity of carotid plaques increases along with their calcium content. Water content may be an important factor in differentiation of different plaques. De Gruyter 2020-08-24 /pmc/articles/PMC7712159/ /pubmed/33335767 http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/tnsci-2020-0115 Text en © 2020 Béla Fülesdi et al., published by De Gruyter http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Fülesdi, Béla Farkas, Szabolcs Gyöngyösi, Zoltán Siró, Péter Bereczki, Dániel Bacsó, József Csiba, László Correlation between calcium, water contents and ultrasonographic appearance of atherosclerotic lesions of carotid artery lesions |
title | Correlation between calcium, water contents and ultrasonographic appearance of atherosclerotic lesions of carotid artery lesions |
title_full | Correlation between calcium, water contents and ultrasonographic appearance of atherosclerotic lesions of carotid artery lesions |
title_fullStr | Correlation between calcium, water contents and ultrasonographic appearance of atherosclerotic lesions of carotid artery lesions |
title_full_unstemmed | Correlation between calcium, water contents and ultrasonographic appearance of atherosclerotic lesions of carotid artery lesions |
title_short | Correlation between calcium, water contents and ultrasonographic appearance of atherosclerotic lesions of carotid artery lesions |
title_sort | correlation between calcium, water contents and ultrasonographic appearance of atherosclerotic lesions of carotid artery lesions |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7712159/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33335767 http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/tnsci-2020-0115 |
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