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ArticleExperimental and therapeutic medicine2017

Clinical relevance of gemstone spectral CT in the diagnosis of carotid atherosclerosis.

Jing-Jian Wang, Shu-Jie Fan, Long-Long Wang, Yan-Zhong Gao, Xiao-Juan Liu

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Article in Experimental and therapeutic medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jing-Jian WangThe First Imaging Department, The Ninth Hospital of Xi'an, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710054, P.R. China.
Shu-Jie FanThe Fifth Department, Xi'an Mental Health Center, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710061, P.R. China.
Long-Long WangThe First Imaging Department, The Ninth Hospital of Xi'an, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710054, P.R. China.
Yan-Zhong GaoThe First Imaging Department, The Ninth Hospital of Xi'an, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710054, P.R. China.
Xiao-Juan LiuOutpatient Department, Xi'an Mental Health Center, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710061, P.R. China.
Xian Mental Health Center · CN

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Abstract

A variety of imaging methods can be used in the diagnosis of atherosclerotic plaques. In the present study, we investigated the morphology and composition of atherosclerotic plaque associated with ischemic cerebral infarction by comparing gemstone spectral computed tomography (GSCT) and traditional multi-slice CT (MSCT). In total, 200 patients were enrolled and divided into the experimental group (n=100), which underwent GSCT, and the control group (n=100), which underwent MSCT. All the cases were followed up to observe disease outcomes in patients with different atherosclerotic plaque types, and adverse events in carotid artery stenosis or cerebral infarction were recorded. Compared with traditional MSCT, sensitivity (93.2%), specificity (84.5%), and accuracy (91.0%) of GSCT were significantly higher. We found a correlation between vulnerable plaque of carotid atherosclerotic plaque and the occurrence of cerebral infarction. These results suggest the advantages of GSCT in analyzing atherosclerotic plaque and predicting the risk of ischemic cerebral infarction.

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atherosclerosiscomputed tomographic angiographygemstone spectral computed tomography

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