Why the study?
Are carotid plaque hemorrhage and microembolic signals better associated with cerebrovascular recurrence than the ECST risk model in patients with symptomatic severe carotid stenosis?
Population
134 prospectively recruited patients with symptomatic severe carotid stenosis, mean age 72, 33% female.
Comparison
Assessment of carotid plaque hemorrhage by MRI… vs European Carotid Surgery Trial (ECST) risk model
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
Until carotid endarterectomy, recurrent cerebral event…
Authors
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May support incorporating plaque hemorrhage and microembolic signals into risk assessment; leaves open impact on revascularization decisions.
Are carotid plaque hemorrhage and microembolic signals better associated with cerebrovascular recurrence than the ECST risk model in patients with symptomatic severe carotid stenosis?
Carotid plaque hemorrhage and microembolic signals are strong predictors of recurrent cerebrovascular events in symptomatic severe carotid stenosis, outperforming the ECST risk model.
Altaf et al. (2014) studied this question.
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