Carotid Artery Plaque Echomorphology and its Association with Histopathological Characteristics May Predict Symptomatic Disease

Introduction - A number of ultrasonic texture features which include severity of stenosis, grey scale median (GSM), plaque area (PA), juxtaluminal plaque area (JBA) and discrete white area (DWA) have been shown to be independent predictors of future strokes in carotid disease patients. The primary aim of the present study was to determine the association between histological features and ultrasonic plaque texture features after carotid endarterectomy. Secondary aim was to assess the association between statin therapy and symptomatic disease or other histological features.

Source: European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery - November 30, 2019 Category: Surgery Authors: Konstantinos Spanos, Ioannis Tzorbatzoglou, Paraskevi Lazari, Dimitrios Maras, Athanasios D. Giannoukas Source Type: research