ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2025
Intima-Media Thickening with Carotid Webs: A Case Report of a Potentially High-Risk Association.
Corrado Tagliati, Alessia Quaranta, Marco Fogante, Claudio Ventura, Stefania Lamja, Alfonso Alberto Matarrese, Pierpaolo Palumbo, Iacopo Carbone, Ernesto Di Cesare, Gabriele Polonara and 1 more
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Corrado TagliatiAST Ancona, Ospedale di Comunità Maria Montessori di Chiaravalle, Via Fratelli Rosselli 176, 60033 Chiaravalle, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4630-1090 Alessia QuarantaAST Macerata, Cardiologia, Distretto Sanitario di Civitanova Marche, Via Abruzzo, 62012 Civitanova Marche, Italy.
Marco FoganteMaternal-Child, Senological, Cardiological Radiology and Outpatient Ultrasound, Department of Radiological Sciences, University Hospital of Marche, Via Conca 71, 60126 Ancona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2993-5718 Claudio VenturaMaternal-Child, Senological, Cardiological Radiology and Outpatient Ultrasound, Department of Radiological Sciences, University Hospital of Marche, Via Conca 71, 60126 Ancona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5070-5784 Stefania LamjaDepartment of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Via Vetoio, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy.ORCID 0009-0007-2578-7523 Alfonso Alberto MatarreseAST Ascoli Piceno, Cardiologia, Ospedale Mazzoni, Via degli Iris 1, 63100 Ascoli Piceno, Italy.
Pierpaolo PalumboDepartment of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Via Vetoio, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1514-0092 Iacopo CarboneDepartment of Radiological, Oncological and Pathological Sciences, Academic Diagnostic Imaging Division, I.C.O.T. Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Via F. Faggiana 1668, 04100 Latina, Italy.
Ernesto Di CesareDepartment of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Via Vetoio, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0995-3081 Gabriele PolonaraDepartment of Specialized Clinical Sciences and Odontostomatology, Polytechnic University of Marche, 60126 Ancona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2866-2749 Nicolò SchicchiMaternal-Child, Senological, Cardiological Radiology and Outpatient Ultrasound, Department of Radiological Sciences, University Hospital of Marche, Via Conca 71, 60126 Ancona, Italy.
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6 · The paper itselfAbstract
We describe a case of an asymptomatic 70-year-old female patient on whom a carotid ultrasound examination was performed that showed intima-media thickening and a 4 mm long carotid web with a 50% web-to-bulb ratio. Spectral Doppler waveform demonstrated a turbulent flow pattern and a peak systolic velocity increase of 100% (velocity ratio = 2) when compared with the common carotid artery. Therefore, the patient seemed to be at risk of stroke, and antiaggregant treatment was suggested.
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carotid webcarotid web lengthDoppler ultrasoundhigh riskintima–media thickeningintima–media thicknessSpectral Doppler waveformstroketurbulent flowweb-to-bulb ratio
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