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• TITLE: Relation between Carotid Stenosis Severity, Plaque Echogenicity Characteristics and IMT Assessed by Ultrasound in the Community Population of Southern China

  AUTHORS: Huanquan Liao, Hua Hong, Hongxuan Wang

  KEYWORDS: Ultrasound, Carotid Stenosis, Plaque Characteristic, Intima-Media Thickness

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Access Library Journal, Vol.2 No.10, October 23, 2015

  ABSTRACT: Carotid artery atherosclerosis (CAA) is one of the major high-risk mechanisms of stroke. Relationship between IMT, carotid plaque echogenicity and carotid stenosis assessed by ultrasound has not been systemically studied, especially in subjects with mild to moderate carotid stenosis. In this study we measured these 3 different ultrasound-derived quantitative traits concurrently in the community population of southern China and compared their associations. We found that IMTmean in the non-stenosis group (0%), mean of the P P mean in the no-plaque group, hyperechoic group and hypoechoic group were 0.75 ± 0.13 mm, 0.87 ± 0.17 mm, 0.84 ± 0.15 mm respectively. IMTmean of the hyperechoic group and the hypoechoic group was higher than that of the no-plaque group (P mean of the hypoechoic group was lower than that of the hyperechoic group, though with no statistic significance (P = 0.58). The proportion of hyperechoic or hypoechoic plaque in the P P