Carotid Plaque Characterization In A Large Randomized Trial: Results From CREST-2

Objective measures of plaque area and tissue composition from duplex ultrasound (DUS) images may be useful for the risk stratification of patients with a greater likelihood of future adverse events (stroke, transient ischemic attacks, or amaurosis fugax) and to assess the effect of vascular risk factor modification strategies (by measuring change in overall plaque burden and/or individual plaque tissue constituents). Clinical assessment of carotid artery plaques is most commonly performed with two-dimensional DUS imaging.

Source: Journal of Vascular Surgery - July 20, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Brajesh K. Lal, Matthew T. Chrencik, Amir A. Khan, Michael Jones, Jospeh H. Rapp, Dipankar Mukherjee, Peter Henke, John Yokemick, Wesley S. Moore, James F. Meschia, Thomas G. Brott Tags: Abstract from the 2018 Eastern Vascular Society Annual Meeting Source Type: research