Evaluation of carotid atherosclerotic plaque with superb micro-vascular imaging
YANG Debin
LU Min
JIN Lin
WANG Yingchun
Abstract：Objective To investigate the clinical value of superb micro-vascular imaging ( SMI) on the diagnosis of the degree of carotid artery stenosis and the neovascularization in carotid artery .Methods The carotid arteries of 30 cases suffering from atherosclerotic plaques were examined , including 44 plaques.We used SMI to evaluate the degree of carotid artery stenosis and the grading of the neovascularization in carotid plaque .The consistency of the results of SMI and computer tomography angiography ( CTA) as well as contrast-enhanced ultrasound ( CEUS) were evaluated .Results SMI had a fairly well consistency to evaluate the grade of neovascularization within atherosclerotic compared with CTA (Kappa=0.757, P <0.001); In 44 plaques, 42 neo-vascularizations were found by SMI and 41 were detected by CEUS .SMI exhibited a satisfying consistency with CEUS of evaluating the grade of neovascularization within atherosclerotic (Kappa=0.674, P <0.001).Conclusion SMI can evaluate the degree of carotid arterystenosis and detect the neovascularization in carotid plaques .
Keywords：Superb micro vascular imagingCarotid atherosclerotic plaqueStenosisneovascularization
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 44-47 )