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Characterization of symptomatic and asymptomatic carotid plaques using high-resolution real-time ultrasonography. 1993

G Geroulakos, and G Ramaswami, and A Nicolaides, and K James, and N Labropoulos, and G Belcaro, and M Holloway
Irvine Laboratory, Academic Surgical and Vascular Unit, St Mary's Hospital Medical School, London, UK.

High-resolution ultrasonography was used to classify carotid plaques into five different types in 72 patients with symptoms and in 49 without, and with stenosis of the origin of the internal carotid artery > 70 per cent. There were 72 plaques in the symptomatic group and 75 in the asymptomatic group. Type 1 plaques were uniformly echolucent, type 2 predominantly echolucent, type 3 predominantly echogenic, type 4 uniformly echogenic and type 5 consisted of plaques that could not be classified owing to heavy calcification and acoustic shadows. Type 1 plaque was found in 90 per cent of patients with symptoms and in 10 per cent of those without, type 2 plaque was found in 53 and 47 per cent, type 3 in 34 and 66 per cent, and type 4 in 5 and 95 per cent, respectively. The preponderance of echolucent plaques in symptomatic patients with stenosis > 70 per cent supports the hypothesis that this type of plaque is unstable and tends to embolize. In contrast, in patients without symptoms there is preponderance of echogenic plaques.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D002114 Calcinosis Pathologic deposition of calcium salts in tissues. Calcification, Pathologic,Calcinosis, Tumoral,Microcalcification,Microcalcinosis,Pathologic Calcification,Calcinoses,Calcinoses, Tumoral,Microcalcifications,Microcalcinoses,Tumoral Calcinoses,Tumoral Calcinosis
D002343 Carotid Artery, Internal Branch of the common carotid artery which supplies the anterior part of the brain, the eye and its appendages, the forehead and nose. Arteries, Internal Carotid,Artery, Internal Carotid,Carotid Arteries, Internal,Internal Carotid Arteries,Internal Carotid Artery
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001161 Arteriosclerosis Thickening and loss of elasticity of the walls of ARTERIES of all sizes. There are many forms classified by the types of lesions and arteries involved, such as ATHEROSCLEROSIS with fatty lesions in the ARTERIAL INTIMA of medium and large muscular arteries. Arterioscleroses
D014463 Ultrasonography The visualization of deep structures of the body by recording the reflections or echoes of ultrasonic pulses directed into the tissues. Use of ultrasound for imaging or diagnostic purposes employs frequencies ranging from 1.6 to 10 megahertz. Echography,Echotomography,Echotomography, Computer,Sonography, Medical,Tomography, Ultrasonic,Ultrasonic Diagnosis,Ultrasonic Imaging,Ultrasonographic Imaging,Computer Echotomography,Diagnosis, Ultrasonic,Diagnostic Ultrasound,Ultrasonic Tomography,Ultrasound Imaging,Diagnoses, Ultrasonic,Diagnostic Ultrasounds,Imaging, Ultrasonic,Imaging, Ultrasonographic,Imaging, Ultrasound,Imagings, Ultrasonographic,Imagings, Ultrasound,Medical Sonography,Ultrasonic Diagnoses,Ultrasonographic Imagings,Ultrasound, Diagnostic,Ultrasounds, Diagnostic
D016893 Carotid Stenosis Narrowing or stricture of any part of the CAROTID ARTERIES, most often due to atherosclerotic plaque formation. Ulcerations may form in atherosclerotic plaques and induce THROMBUS formation. Platelet or cholesterol emboli may arise from stenotic carotid lesions and induce a TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; or temporary blindness (AMAUROSIS FUGAX). (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp 822-3) Carotid Artery Narrowing,Carotid Ulcer,Carotid Artery Plaque,Carotid Artery Stenosis,Carotid Artery Ulcerating Plaque,Common Carotid Artery Stenosis,External Carotid Artery Stenosis,Internal Carotid Artery Stenosis,Plaque, Ulcerating, Carotid Artery,Stenosis, Common Carotid Artery,Stenosis, External Carotid Artery,Ulcerating Plaque, Carotid Artery,Artery Narrowing, Carotid,Artery Narrowings, Carotid,Artery Plaque, Carotid,Artery Plaques, Carotid,Artery Stenoses, Carotid,Artery Stenosis, Carotid,Carotid Artery Narrowings,Carotid Artery Plaques,Carotid Artery Stenoses,Carotid Stenoses,Carotid Ulcers,Narrowing, Carotid Artery,Narrowings, Carotid Artery,Plaque, Carotid Artery,Plaques, Carotid Artery,Stenoses, Carotid,Stenoses, Carotid Artery,Stenosis, Carotid,Stenosis, Carotid Artery,Ulcer, Carotid,Ulcers, Carotid
D016894 Endarterectomy, Carotid The excision of the thickened, atheromatous tunica intima of a carotid artery. Carotid Endarterectomy,Carotid Endarterectomies,Endarterectomies, Carotid

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