While advanced imaging modalities such as carotid ultrasounds are more ubiquitous than ever, carotid auscultation as part of the physical examination is easy, cost-effective, and non-invasive. These can be compelling reasons to continue including carotid auscultation as part of a routine physical exam...
A multivariable regression analysis was performed to evaluate if the risk of reclassification could be explained by disease-related features and to assess the influence of traditional CV risk factors on this reclassification. RESULTS. After evaluation of carotid ultrasound, a significantly higher frequency...
Results Baseline characteristics of participants according to cIMT Among the 2216 non-diabetic individuals who underwent carotid ultrasound, 1786 were selected in the ultimate analysis. Of these individuals, 925 in the cIMT thickening group and 843 in the non-thickening group. Figure 1 showed the spe...
A standard carotid ultrasound shows the structure of your carotid arteries. A Doppler carotid ultrasound shows how blood moves through your carotid arteries. Carotid Angiography Carotid angiography is a special type of x ray. This test may be used if the ultrasound results are unclear or don’t ...
Current guidelines advocate tighter Doppler ultrasound (DUS) surveillance in these patients because of probable higher likelihood of hemodynamic stroke (class 1 grade C), although evidence is lacking regarding benefit. The aim for the study is the assumption that patients who present ND have a ...
RESULTS Characteristics of study participants are shown in Table 1. A comparison of the baseline (1980) values of those participants who had dropped out (n = 1367) with those who had complete risk factor and ultrasound data in 2001 showed that dropouts were more often male (43% vs 33%, ...
The results are shown in Table 2. The correlations of all the ultrasound parameters with ILA are shown in Table 3. PWVβ, Q-ICAd, Q-ICAm, and all the ILAi significantly correlated with ILA (Spearman's correlation coefficient: r 0.227–0.315, P,0.03 for all ILAi). The results were ...
These results suggest that unilateral carotid stiffness is associated with the presence of carotid plaques. Keywords: carotid stiffness; carotid plaques; carotid ultrasound; echo-tracking; rural population1. Introduction The aging process is associated with an increased risk for vascular stiffness [1,2]...
[11–13]. Several ongoing prospective trials have focused on characterization of the carotid atherosclerotic plaque by fast multidetector row CT technology, high-field MR imaging, or advanced ultrasound (US) systems [14–16]. Carotid plaque imaging biomarkers may be of immediate clinical value today...
After the shunt placement, Doppler ultrasound is used to assess distal blood flow. When flow is present, the neurophysiologic deterioration should also reverse promptly. However, this does not always happen, as there are instances when the shunt size and/or positioning are not adequate. In ...