ArticleKorean journal of radiology
Carotid Plaque Stiffness Measured with Supersonic Shear Imaging and Its Correlation with Serum Homocysteine Level in Ischemic Stroke Patients.
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- Supersonic shear wave imaging of the tibial nerve for diagnosis of diabetic peripheral neuropathy: A meta-analysis.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Pooled it
- Ultrasound assessment of tensile stress in carotid arteries of healthy human subjects with varying age.BMC medical imaging · 2019Trial
- Correlation of composite inflammatory indices and homocysteine with the severity of acute ischemic stroke: A retrospective study.Medicine · 2026Article
- Quantitative Ultrasound SWE of Carotid Plaque in Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Evaluating Carotid Plaque Stiffness with Ultrasound 2D Shear-Wave Elastography in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Shear Wave Elastography for Carotid Artery Stiffness: Ready for Prime Time?Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Novel Imaging-Based Biomarkers for Identifying Carotid Plaque Vulnerability.Biomolecules · 2023Review
- Extending arterial stiffness assessment along the circumference using beam-steered ARFI and wave-tracking: A proof-of-principle study in phantoms andComputational and structural biotechnology journal · 2023Article
- Novel ultrasound techniques in the identification of vulnerable plaques-an updated review of the literature.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Review
- Shear wave elastography for extracranial carotid atherosclerotic plaques: technical principles and how to do it.Jornal vascular brasileiro · 2023Article
- Advances in Noninvasive Carotid Wall Imaging with Ultrasound: A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
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Abstract
Objective: To ascertain the feasibility of using shear wave velocity (SWV) in assessing the stiffness of carotid plaque by supersonic shear imaging (SSI) and explore preliminary clinical value for such evaluation. Materials and Methods: Supersonic shear imaging was performed in 142 patients with ischemic stroke, including 76 males and 66 females with mean age of 66 years (range, 45-80 years). The maximum, minimum, and mean values of SWV were measured for 129 carotid plaques. SWVs were compared between echolucent and echogenic plaques. Correlations between SWVs and serum homocysteine levels were investigated. Based on neurological symptom, the surrogate marker of vulnerable plaque (VP), binary logistic regression was performed and area under curve (AUC) of homocysteine only and homocysteine combing SWV Results: Echogenic plaques (n = 51) had higher SWVs than echolucent ones (n = 78) (SWV Conclusion: Supersonic shear imaging could be used to quantitatively evaluate stiffness of both echolucent and echogenic carotid plaques. More importantly, SWVs of plaques were not only correlated to serum homocysteine level, but also associated with symptomatic ischemic stroke, suggesting that SSI might be useful for understanding more about VP.
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