Does a high plaque Vulnerability Index predict future cardiovascular events in an endarterectomy cohort?
A high plaque Vulnerability Index assessed histologically in endarterectomy patients predicts future cardiovascular events, suggesting a role for plaque imaging in risk stratification.
=0.01). Conclusions Our findings demonstrate that subjects with a high plaque VI have an increased risk of future cardiovascular events, independently of symptoms and other known cardiovascular risk factors . This strongly supports that techniques which image such plaques can facilitate risk stratification for subjects in need of more intense treatment.
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