Background and Purpose There is little information on the distribution of atherosclerotic lesions of the extracranial carotid artery wall in free-living populations. The purpose of the present study was to describe the prevalence from 1987 through 1989 of extracranial carotid artery plaque and plaque with acoustic attenuation (shadowing) lesions in a general population of white and black adults...

Black-blood MRI is a promising tool for carotid atherosclerotic plaque burden assessment and compositional analysis. However, current sequences are limited by large slice thickness. Accuracy of measurement can be improved by moving to isotropic imaging but can be challenging for patient compliance due to long scan times. We present a fast isotropic high spatial resolution (0.7×0.7×0.7 mm3) thre...

SLE is associated with increased cardiovascular risk. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence asymptomatic carotid atherosclerosis analyze its relationship dyslipidemia and related genetic factors in a population patients SLE. Seventy-one female were recruited. Carotid ultrasound, laboratory profiles, analysis ZPR1, APOA5, GCKR genes performed. divided into two groups accord...

OBJECTIVE One of the major complications of diabetes is blood vessel disease, termed angiopathy, which is characterized by abnormal angiogenesis. The objective of this study was to discuss the characteristics of lower limb vascular angiopathy and plaque formation in type 2 diabetes patients and finding its relevance to the carotid atherosclerotic plaque formation, thus directing the clinical di...

OBJECTIVE To determine the predictors of the extent of carotid atherosclerosis in patients treated with radiotherapy (RT) for nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). METHODS The present study investigated 129 post-RT NPC patients. Carotid atherosclerotic parameters, such as carotid intima-media thickness, carotid arterial stiffness and carotid plaque burden (plaque score, the presence of plaque and ≥...

BACKGROUND Presence of coronary artery calcium (CAC), carotid plaque, and increased carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) may indicate elevated cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk; however, no large studies have compared them directly. This study compares predictive uses of CAC presence, carotid artery plaque presence, and high IMT for incident CVD events. METHODS AND RESULTS Participants were f...

Introduction: Carotid atherosclerosis is one of the main causes ischaemic stroke. The study verified hypothesis on relationship between expression selected inflammatory markers and stability atherosclerotic plaque in stroke patients. Aim: aim was to determine CCL3 CCL5 levels both plasma carotid plaques relation history stroke, as well assess morphology stability. Materials methods: chemokines ...

AIM There is a strong relationship between carotid atherosclerosis and future cardiovascular disease (CVD). This study sought to clarify the association of fatty liver and an elevated serum gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT) level with carotid atherosclerosis. METHODS We reviewed the medical records of subjects who underwent medical checkups at our institute. Carotid atherosclerosis and fatt...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Emerging evidence indicates that plaque imaging can improve stroke risk stratification in patients with carotid artery atherosclerosis. We studied the association between soft and hard (calcified) plaque thickness measurements on CTA and symptomatic disease status (ipsilateral stroke or TIA) in patients with moderate-grade carotid artery stenosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS ...

Hypertension, diabetes, and hypercholesterolemia are characterized by a reduction in arterial distensibility and by accelerated atherosclerosis. Whether arterial stiffening is an inherent feature of these conditions or just the consequence of the atherosclerotic clinical or subclinical lesions is not known, however. Our aim was to obtain information on this issue by directly measuring, in human...