Insights Into Echo-Attenuated Plaques, Echolucent Plaques, and Plaques With Spotty Calcification

Ultrasonic echolucent carotid plaques predict future strokes.

BACKGROUND We tested prospectively the hypothesis that stroke development can be predicted by echolucency of carotid atherosclerotic plaques in previously symptomatic and asymptomatic patients. METHODS AND RESULTS We followed incidence of ipsilateral ischemic strokes for 4.4 years in 111 asymptomatic and 135 symptomatic patients with >/=50% relevant carotid artery stenosis. At inclusion, echo...

Pleural plaques.

Prevalence of Atherosclerotic Plaques in Autopsy Cases with Noncardiac Death

  Background and Objective: Ischemic heart disease (IHD) following atherosclerosis is the most common cause of cardiac deaths world wide. We aimed to investigate the pathologic features of atherosclerosis in non cardiac death cases to have an estimate of atherosclerosis prevalence in Mashad (North east of Iran). Patients and Methods : This descriptive (cross sectional) study was done, during ...

Low Levels of High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Are Associated With Echolucent Carotid Artery Plaques

Background and Purpose—Ultrasound-assessed plaque morphology is an independent predictor of ischemic stroke. The purpose of this population-based cross-sectional nested case-control study was to examine the risk factors associated with carotid plaque morphology. Methods—Ultrasonography of the right carotid artery was conducted on 6727 participants in a population health survey (response rate 79...

Echolucent carotid plaques predict future coronary events in patients with coronary artery disease.

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to examine whether echolucent carotid plaques predict future coronary events in patients with clinically stable coronary artery disease (CAD). BACKGROUND Although rupture of coronary plaques is considered a major cause of acute coronary syndromes (ACS), the clinical estimation of coronary vulnerability still remains inconclusive. Ultrasound evaluation ...