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ArticleArchives of medical sciences. Atherosclerotic diseases2020

Diagnostic accuracy of carotid intima media thickness by B-mode ultrasonography in coronary artery disease patients.

Nasir Raza Zaidi, Syed Amir Gilani, Riffat Mehboob, Humaira Waseem, Amber Hassan

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Article in Archives of medical sciences. Atherosclerotic diseases, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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Nasir Raza ZaidiUniversity Institute of Radiological Sciences and Medical Imaging Technology, University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan.
Syed Amir GilaniUniversity Institute of Radiological Sciences and Medical Imaging Technology, University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan.
Riffat MehboobUniversity Institute of Radiological Sciences and Medical Imaging Technology, University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan.
Humaira WaseemUniversity Institute of Radiological Sciences and Medical Imaging Technology, University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan.
Amber HassanUniversity Institute of Radiological Sciences and Medical Imaging Technology, University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan.
University of Lahore · PK

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Abstract

introductionCardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the main cause of premature deaths worldwide, and atherosclerosis (AS) is a major risk factor associated with them. B-mode ultrasound is a well-validated research tool that has been translated increasingly into clinical practice. The aim of the study was to assess the diagnostic accuracy of carotid intima media thickness by B-mode ultrasonography in coronary artery disease patients. MATERIAL AND

methodsThis was a case control study, including 100 cases and the same number of controls. Patients with positive angiographic findings and chest pain were considered as cases and those without as negative. Duplex carotid ultrasound was used to detect intima-media thickness (IMT). B-mode real-time ultrasonic images were obtained with a 7 MHz transducer. An intima media thickness of 0.6 mm was considered as being without plaque.

resultsThe angiographic findings were single-vessel disease, double-vessel disease, and triple-vessel disease in 18%, 11.5%, and 20.5% of cases, respectively, while there were no findings in controls. There was plaque formation in 14.5% and calcification in 12% of the cases. Sensitivity of B-mode ultrasonography was found to be 78%, specificity 75%, positive predictive value 75.72%, and negative predictive value 77.31%.

conclusionsCarotid ultrasonography can be utilised as a valuable screening tool due to having several advantages, including ease of application, reproducibility, low cost, and strong correlation with atherosclerosis.

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B-mode ultrasoundcardiovascular diseasecerebrovascular diseasecoronary artery diseaseintima media thickness

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