Key result
Carotid intimal thickness, carotid plaque score, and coronary artery calcium score were significantly associated with coronary artery disease severity as measured by Gensini score (p<0.05).
Why the study?
Because atherosclerosis is the underlying cause for most CAD, identifying subclinical disease in the asymptomatic phase is a public health and economic imperative.
Do carotid artery Doppler ultrasound findings and coronary artery calcium score correlate with the severity of coronary artery disease in patients with suspected CAD?
Cross-Sectional (n=30)
Do carotid artery Doppler ultrasound findings and coronary artery calcium score correlate with the severity of coronary artery disease in patients with suspected CAD?
p-value: p=0.045, 0.004, 0.039
Carotid intima-media thickness, carotid plaque score, and coronary artery calcium score significantly correlate with coronary artery disease severity (Gensini score) in patients with suspected CAD.
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May aid noninvasive CAD severity estimation; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
Elbehery et al. (2019) conducted a cross-sectional in Suspected coronary artery disease (n=30). Carotid artery Doppler ultrasound and coronary artery calcium score was evaluated on Association with severity of coronary artery disease evaluated by Gensini score (p=0.045, 0.004, 0.039). Carotid intimal thickness, carotid plaque score, and coronary artery calcium score were significantly associated with coronary artery disease severity as measured by Gensini score (p<0.05).
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