Plaque Echolucency Assessment Prior to Carotid Endarterectomy has No Long-Term Predictive Value for Stroke or Cardiovascular Death

Introduction - In patients with asymptomatic carotid artery disease receiving optimal medical treatment, carotid plaque echolucency has been shown to predict the risk of future ipsilateral stroke. Therefore, carotid endarterectomy may be more beneficial in patients with definite echolucent carotid plaque and as a result plaque echolucency has been suggested as a tool to aid in patient selection for surgery. However, carotid plaque echolucency is also thought to predict other systemic cardiovascular events (i.e.
Source: European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Source Type: research