Determining carotid plaque vulnerability using ultrasound center frequency shifts.

Summary, in English

The leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide is atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, most commonly caused by rupture of a high-risk plaque and subsequent thrombosis resulting in stroke, myocardial infarction or sudden death depending on the affected arterial territory. Accurate, non-invasive methods to identify such lesions known as vulnerable or high-risk plaques are currently sub-optimal. Our aim was to validate a new non-invasive ultrasound method to identify high-risk carotid plaques.

• Author: Tobias Erlöv; Magnus Cinthio; Andreas Edsfeldt; Simon Segstedt; Nuno Dias; Jan Nilsson; Isabel Goncalves
• Department/s: EXODIAB: Excellence of Diabetes Research in Sweden; EpiHealth: Epidemiology for Health; Department of Biomedical Engineering; Cardiovascular Research - Immunity and Atherosclerosis; Vascular Diseases - Clinical Research; Cardiovascular Research - Translational Studies
• Publishing year: 2016
• Language: English
• Pages: 293-300
• Publication/Series: Atherosclerosis
• Volume: 246
• Links: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26824224?dopt=Abstract; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2016.01.019
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Topic: Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems
• Status: Published
• Research group: Cardiovascular Research - Immunity and Atherosclerosis; Vascular Diseases - Clinical Research; Cardiovascular Research - Translational Studies
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 1879-1484