Carotid Plaque Score for Stroke and Cardiovascular Risk Prediction in a Middle-Aged Cohort From the General Population

Conclusions The carotid plaque score is a strong predictor of ischemic stroke and major adverse cardiovascular events, and it provides incremental prognostic information to SCORE2 for risk prediction. A cutoff score of >3 seems to be suitable to discriminate high-risk subjects. Registration Information clinicaltrials.gov. Identifier: NCT01555411.PMID:37609981 | DOI:10.1161/JAHA.123.030739

Source: Atherosclerosis - August 23, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: H åkon Ihle-Hansen Thea Vigen Trygve Berge Marte M Walle-Hansen Guri Hagberg Hege Ihle-Hansen Bente Thommessen Inger Ariansen Helge R øsjø Ole Morten R ønning Arnljot Tveit Magnus Lyngbakken Source Type: research