Why the study?
Current guidelines recognize arterial plaque detected by ultrasound to refine vascular risk stratification but lack homogeneous and well-protocolized evaluation methods for vascular territories and plaque load.
The VASUS and VASUS+ protocols provide standardized methods for utilizing point-of-care ultrasound to refine vascular risk stratification in clinical practice.
Standardizes multivessel ultrasound for vascular risk assessment in practice; extends point-of-care protocols for consistent stratification research.
Atherosclerosis is the underlying disease in the entire spectrum of atherosclerotic vascular disease. Point of care ultrasound is a useful tool for its detection. Current guidelines recommend the use of scales such as SCORE 2 and SCORE 2OP in apparently healthy individuals and in those at intermediate-low risk, they recognize the role of the arterial plaque by ultrasound to refine risk stratification and the need for more aggressive preventive strategies. However, the way to evaluate the vascular territories in which there is presence of plaque, the amount or load of plaque is not homogeneous nor is it well protocolized. In this document, 2 protocols are proposed for the evaluation of vascular risk, VASUS and VASUS+, including the presence of ventricular hypertrophy with the objective of homogenizing clinical ultrasound in the assessment of vascular risk in clinical practice.
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Alonso et al. (2025) studied Atherosclerotic vascular disease and vascular risk. VASUS and VASUS+ protocols (multivessel clinical ultrasound) was evaluated. The VASUS and VASUS+ protocols are proposed for the evaluation of vascular risk using multivessel clinical ultrasound to homogenize assessment in clinical practice.
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