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ArticleJornal vascular brasileiro2023

Shear wave elastography for extracranial carotid atherosclerotic plaques: technical principles and how to do it.

Pedro Luciano Mellucci, Matheus Bertanha, Rodrigo Gibin Jaldin, Winston Bonetti Yoshida, Marcone Lima Sobreira

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Article in Jornal vascular brasileiro, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Pedro Luciano MellucciUniversidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" - UNESP, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu - FMB, Botucatu, SP, Brasil.ORCID 0000-0002-9679-7207
Matheus BertanhaUniversidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" - UNESP, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu - FMB, Botucatu, SP, Brasil.ORCID 0000-0002-6851-2841
Rodrigo Gibin JaldinUniversidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" - UNESP, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu - FMB, Botucatu, SP, Brasil.
Winston Bonetti YoshidaUniversidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" - UNESP, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu - FMB, Botucatu, SP, Brasil.
Marcone Lima SobreiraUniversidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" - UNESP, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu - FMB, Botucatu, SP, Brasil.ORCID 0000-0003-2271-5878

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Abstract

In the wake of studies targeting atherosclerotic plaques and searching for quantifiable variables that contribute additional information to therapeutic decision-making, plaque assessment using Shear Wave Elastography (SWE) is emerging as a reproducible and promising alternative. We used a single Logiq S8 device (General Electric, Boston, Massachusetts, United States) with an 8.5-11MHz multifrequency linear transducer at 10MHz in longitudinal section. We considered relevant criteria for image acquisition: adequate longitudinal insonation, differentiation of the intima-media complex, delineation of proximal and distal tunica adventitia and the vascular lumen, good visualization of the atherosclerotic plaque, cardiac cycle in ventricular diastole, and absence of incongruous changes. SWE is an emerging and extremely promising method for assessment of carotid plaques that may contribute to therapeutic decision-making based on characteristics related to the atherosclerotic plaque, with inter-device and inter-examiner reproducibility.

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carotid artery diseasescarotid stenosiscomputer-assisted image interpretationDoppler ultrasonographyelasticity imaging techniques

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PMID37790894
PMCPMC10545232

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