Are carotid plaque heterogeneity and lower calcified volume on CTA associated with neurologic symptoms in patients with carotid artery stenosis?
Plaque heterogeneity and lower calcified volume on CTA may serve as useful indicators of plaque vulnerability and neurologic symptoms in patients with carotid artery stenosis.
Assessing plaque heterogeneity and calcification volume on CTA using a novel, simple volumetric approximation might be a useful indicator of higher plaque vulnerability in patients diagnosed with carotid artery stenosis, potentially improving diagnostic risk stratification.
Stemmler et al. (Fri,) studied this question.