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ArticleDento maxillo facial radiology2019

Association of calcified carotid artery plaque in panoramic images and diagonal earlobe crease.

Paulo Henrique Couto Souza, Soraya de Azambuja Berti-Couto, Cassiana Nathalie Machado Majewski, Isteicy Cortez da Silva, Liziane Cattelan Donaduzzi, Isabela Maria Vasconcelos Silva, Maria do Carmo Lisboa, Urie K Lee, Ida K Friedlander, Arthur H Friedlander

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Paulo Henrique Couto Souza1 Department of Stomatology, School of Dentistry, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná , Curitiba , Brazil.
Soraya de Azambuja Berti-Couto1 Department of Stomatology, School of Dentistry, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná , Curitiba , Brazil.
Cassiana Nathalie Machado Majewski2 School of Life Sciences, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná , Curitiba , Brazil.
Isteicy Cortez da Silva2 School of Life Sciences, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná , Curitiba , Brazil.
Liziane Cattelan Donaduzzi2 School of Life Sciences, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná , Curitiba , Brazil.
Isabela Maria Vasconcelos Silva2 School of Life Sciences, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná , Curitiba , Brazil.
Maria do Carmo Lisboa2 School of Life Sciences, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná , Curitiba , Brazil.
Urie K Lee3 Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Senior Research Fellow, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System , Los Angeles, CA , USA.
Ida K Friedlander4 Public Health Nurse, Los Angeles County Department of Health , Los Angeles, CA , USA.
Arthur H Friedlander5 Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Director Quality Assurance, Hospital Dental Service, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center and Professor-in-Residence of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, University of California Los Angeles , Los Angeles, CA , USA.

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objectives: Brazilians who are free of traditional atherogenic risk factors frequently suffer myocardial infarctions (MI). Calcified carotid artery plaque (CCAP) on panoramic images (PIs) has been shown to be a validated "risk indicator" of future MIs. The diagonal earlobe crease (DELC) is likewise a validated "risk indicator" of future MI. We sought to determine the prevalence of DELC+ among patients having CCAP+ on their PIs.

methods: In a masked cross-sectional study, three dentists evaluated PIs of patients (N = 481) over age 55 for presence of CCAP+. Among the CCAP+ cohort, the presence of DELC+ was determined by two additional dentists masked to the presence of CCAP+ on PIs. A control group (CCAP-) comprised of individuals with PIs devoid of plaque was similarly evaluated for evidence of DELC+.

results: A mixed-gender group (8.6%) of patients (N = 41; mean age 67.5 ± 6.8) evidenced CCAP+ on their PIs and approximately 88% of these individuals (N = 36) had concomitant DELC+. Among members of the control group (N = 41), 17 patients were DELC+. Our results demonstrated that among the full mixed-gender cohort (N = 82), the association between CCAP+ and DELC+ was statistically significant (p = 0.0001). However, when adjusting for gender, only the CCAP+ men were significantly (p = 0.00011) more likely to evidence DELC+ on clinical examination.

conclusions: Males with atherosclerosis of their carotid arteries as evidenced by PIs displaying calcified atheromas are significantly more likely to evidence a DELC+ than those without an imaged atheroma.

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Carotid Artery DiseasesCarotid StenosisPlaque, AtheroscleroticRadiography, PanoramicAgedCross-Sectional StudiesHumansMaleMiddle AgedPrevalenceRisk Factors

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