ArticleThe British journal of radiology2018
Carotid artery ultrasound texture, cardiovascular risk factors, and subclinical arterial disease: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).
Article in The British journal of radiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04382963 (Stroke Prevention in the Wisconsin Native American Population), which is not on this map. Cited by 14 papers.
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- Brachial Artery Echogenicity and Grayscale Texture Changes in HIV-Infected Individuals Receiving Low-Dose Methotrexate.Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology · 2018Trial
- Future of Families: Cardiovascular Health Among Young Adults Cohort Study: Rationale, Key Questions, Study Design, and Participant Characteristics.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2025Article
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- Changes in carotid artery texture by ultrasound and elastin features in a murine model.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Article
- The Effect of Primary Aldosteronism on Carotid Artery Texture in Ultrasound Images.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Carotid Artery Stiffness Mechanisms in Hypertension and Their Association with Echolucency and Texture Features: The Multi-ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).Ultrasound in medicine & biology · 2022Article
- Ultrasonographic assessment of cardiac function and disease severity in coronary heart disease.World journal of clinical cases · 2021Article
- Protocol of Aerobic Exercise and Cognitive Health (REACH): A Pilot Study.Journal of Alzheimer's disease reports · 2020Article
- Diabetic vasculopathy: macro and microvascular injury.Current pathobiology reports · 2020Article
- Changes in carotid artery structure with smoking cessation.Vascular medicine (London, England) · 2019Article
- Carotid Artery Echolucency, Texture Features, and Incident Cardiovascular Disease Events: The MESA Study.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2019Article
- Influence of Ultrasound System and Gain on Grayscale Median Values.Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine · 2019Article
- Carotid Artery Imaging Is More Strongly Associated With the 10-Year Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Score Than Coronary Artery Imaging.Journal of computer assisted tomographyArticle
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Abstract
objectiveThis pilot study determined if the ultrasound texture feature "contrast" was associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors and subclinical arterial disease.
methodsWe evaluated ultrasound images of the right common carotid artery (CCA) from a convenience sample of 151 participants and examined relationships between contrast, CVD risk factors, carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) and coronary artery calcium (CAC). Grey level difference statistics algorithms were used to evaluate the texture feature "contrast" from carotid ultrasound images. Right CCA IMT measurements were made in triplicate in the distal 1 cm segment of the far wall of the artery and CAC score was measured using the Agatston scoring method.
resultsIn individual models that included age, sex and race, grey level difference statistics contrast (outcome) was associated independently with age [beta (standard error) = -0.87 (0.38) per year; p = 0.02], C-reactive protein [-2.22 (0.96) per mg dl
conclusionThese findings support the potential use of the ultrasound texture contrast for evaluating arterial injury and CVD risk. Advances in knowledge: This paper contributes to the literature in that it describes how the greyscale texture feature "contrast" is related to CVD risk factors.
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