Shear-Wave Elastography Enables Identification of Unstable Carotid Plaque.

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61383082%3A_____%2F21%3A00001032" target="_blank" >RIV/61383082:_____/21:00001032 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33931284/" target="_blank" >https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33931284/</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2021.03.026" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2021.03.026</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Shear-Wave Elastography Enables Identification of Unstable Carotid Plaque.

Original language description

Shear-wave elastography (SWE) is a novel ultrasound technique for quantifying tissue elasticity. The aim of this study was to identify differences in atherosclerotic plaque elasticity measured using SWE among individuals with symptomatic, asymptomatic progressive and asymptomatic stable carotid plaques. Consecutive patients from the Atherosclerotic Plaque Characteristics Associated with a Progression Rate of the Plaque and a Risk of Stroke in Patients with the Carotid Bifurcation Plaque Study were screened for this research. Neurosonography examination of carotid arteries was performed to identify plaque stenosis of ≥50% using B-mode ultrasound and SWE imaging to measure the mean, maximal and minimal elasticity. The set consisted of 97 participants-74 with asymptomatic stable stenosis, 12 with asymptomatic progressive stenosis and 11 with symptomatic stenosis. The mean elasticity in the asymptomatic stable plaque group was significantly higher than in the asymptomatic progressive (52.2 vs. 30.4 kPa; p < 0.001) and symptomatic (52.2 vs. 36.4 kPa; p = 0.033) plaque groups. No significant differences were found between asymptomatic progressive and symptomatic (p > 0.1) plaque groups. Asymptomatic stable, asymptomatic progressive and symptomatic plaques did not differ in echogenicity, calcifications, homogeneity, occurrence of ulcerated surface, or intra-plaque hemorrhage (p > 0.05 in all cases). SWE was a helpful modality for differentiating between stable and unstable atherosclerotic plaques in carotid arteries.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30224 - Radiology, nuclear medicine and medical imaging

Project

<a href="/en/project/NV19-04-00270" target="_blank" >NV19-04-00270: Assessment of hemodynamic parameters of stable and unstable atherosclerotic plaques in the carotid arteries in in vitro models</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of ultrasound in medicine

ISSN

0278-4297

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

47

Issue of the periodical within the volume

7

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

1704-1710

UT code for WoS article

000656704200006

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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