Ultrasonographic carotid plaque morphology in predicting stroke risk

✍ Scribed by Mr G. Geroulakos; R. W. Hobson; A. Nicolaides

• Book ID: 102771852
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 702 KB
• Volume: 83
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0007-1323
• DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800830505

✦ Synopsis

A number of new studies have provided evidence which sonographic morphology of the carotid plaque may be an suggests that carotid plaque surface characteristics and independent variable in predicting the risk of stroke. It is internal structure, as seen on ultrasonography, contribute concluded that ultrasonographic plaque morphology to the development of cerebrovascular endpoints. This should be used together with other local risk factors in review is a critical presentation of the evidence that has prospective natural history studies which aim to identify a emerged so far supporting the hypothesis that the ultra-subgroup of patients at high risk of stroke.