ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2023
Validity and Reliability of Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Detecting Moderate- or High-Grade Carotid Atherosclerosis in an Outpatient Department.
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- Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Young Healthy Adults in Saudi Arabia: A Pilot Study of Preliminary CIMT Measurements and Cardiovascular Risk Assessment Using a Handheld Ultrasound Device.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Risk prediction and prevention in patients with advanced subclinical atherosclerosis.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2026Review
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Abstract
The prevalence of carotid stenosis is considerably higher in asymptomatic individuals with multiple risk factors than in the general population. We investigated the validity and reliability of carotid point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) for rapid carotid atherosclerosis screening. We prospectively enrolled asymptomatic individuals with carotid risk scores of ≥7 who underwent outpatient carotid POCUS and laboratory carotid sonography. Their simplified carotid plaque scores (sCPSs) and Handa's carotid plaque scores (hCPSs) were compared. Of 60 patients (median age, 81.9 years), 50% were diagnosed as having moderate- or high-grade carotid atherosclerosis. The overestimation and underestimation of outpatient sCPSs were more likely in patients with low and high laboratory-derived sCPSs, respectively. Bland-Altman plots indicated that the mean differences between the participants' outpatients and laboratory sCPSs were within two standard deviations of their laboratory sCPSs. A Spearman's rank correlation coefficient revealed a strong positive linear correlation between outpatient and laboratory sCPSs (r = 0.956,
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