ReviewJournal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis2020
Usefulness of Carotid Ultrasonography for Risk Stratification of Cerebral and Cardiovascular Disease.
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- Selective and non-selective carotid ultrasound screening and perioperative stroke incidence in the coronary artery bypass grafting population: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2026Pooled it
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- Exercise in Patients with Subclinical Atherosclerosis: Mechanisms, Clinical Evidence, and Practical Recommendations.Current atherosclerosis reports · 2026Review
- Residual cholesterol levels are associated with carotid plaque stability in patients with carotid stenosis.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Investigating subclinical myocardial ischemia by measuring carotid intima-media thickness using Doppler Ultrasound in patients with acute cardiac ischemia.Caspian journal of internal medicine · 2026Article
- Circulating vitamin D and follicle-stimulating hormone levels are associated with subclinical atherosclerosis in climacteric women with menopausal syndrome.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Article
- Development and validation of a machine learning model for predicting coronary artery disease risk: a retrospective study.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Article
- Association of Carotid Plaque Gray-scale Median with Plaque Size and Degree of Stenosis.Current medical imaging · 2026Article
- Predicting internal carotid artery system risk based on common carotid artery by machine learning.Medical & biological engineering & computing · 2025Article
- Comprehensive Molecular Evaluation of Transcription Factor 7-like 2, Long Noncoding RNA (ANRIL), and CYP2C19*17 Gene Variants and Their Association with Predisposition and Progression in Stroke Patients.Cellular and molecular neurobiology · 2025Article
- Mortality and recurrence in acute ischemic stroke of all etiologies according to ultrasonographic assessment of carotid and aortic arch plaques: a prospective study.Internal and emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Instrumenting Carotid Sonography Biomarkers and Polygenic Risk Score As a Novel Screening Approach for Retinal Detachment.Translational vision science & technology · 2025Article
- Ultrasonography-based prediction of carotid artery atherosclerosis using multiple abdominal fat indices.Journal of ultrasonography · 2025Article
- Intima-Media Thickness in the Carotid Bifurcation is Related to Silent Brain Infarction: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis · 2024Article
- Ultrasound Speckle Decorrelation Analysis-Based Velocimetry for 3D-Velocity-Components Measurement Using a 1D Transducer Array.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024Article
- Investigating the Added Value of Beck's Depression Inventory in Atherosclerosis Prediction: Lessons from Paracelsus 10,000.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Predictability of Cardiovascular Risk Scores for Carotid Atherosclerosis in Community-Dwelling Middle-Aged and Elderly Adults.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Common Carotid Artery Stenosis Degree as a Predictor of Cardiovascular Disease in a General Population: The Suita Study.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2024Article
- Including educational status may improve cardiovascular risk calculations such as SCORE2.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Article
- Non-linear association and benchmark dose of blood pressure on carotid artery intima-media thickening in a general population of southern China.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
Carotid ultrasonography is useful for the assessments of the risk stratification for stroke or coronary artery disease, because it is a simple, repeatable, and noninvasive procedure. The carotid intima-media thickness (IMT), which is assessed using carotid ultrasonography, is a widely used surrogate marker for the severity of atherosclerosis. Several large clinical studies showed that increased carotid IMT is associated with the future stroke or cardiovascular events. In addition, in many clinical trials, it has been adopted for surrogate markers of clinical endpoints of medical intervention. Moreover, carotid ultrasonography allows the measurement of the presence and characteristics of plaques and the severity of carotid artery stenosis. The unstable morphology of plaque, such as hypoechoic, ulcer, and mobility, is associated with future ischemic stroke events. The screening tool of asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis is also important, although whether routine carotid ultrasonography assessment is recommended in the general population remains controversial. The screening of carotid artery stenosis using ultrasonography is essential for not only daily clinical settings but also management of patients with acute ischemic stroke. The patients with atherothrombotic stroke with severe internal carotid artery stenosis should be considered to surgical intervention, and duplex ultrasound approach is important to estimate for the severity of carotid stenosis. Physicians should keep in mind the usefulness of carotid ultrasonography for risk stratification of cerebral and cardiovascular disease based on various aspects. In addition, visual assessment or dynamic changes using carotid ultrasonography could provide the various and valuable insights in clinical settings.
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