作者
Salahaden R Sultan, Fatima T Bashmail, Nouf A Alzahrani, Shahd I Alharbi, Rayan Anbar, Mohammed Alkharaiji
发表日期
2022/8
来源
Echocardiography
卷号
39
期号
8
页码范围
1032-1043
简介
Background
Contrast‐enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) is a promising imaging modality for the assessment of plaque vulnerability. We aimed to systematically review and meta‐analyze the ability of CEUS parameters to differentiate between symptomatic and asymptomatic carotid plaques and to assess its reproducibility.
Methods
PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane Library databases were searched for studies that potentially evaluated carotid plaques using CEUS. From the initial 2870 searches, 11 relevant publications comprising a total of 821 carotid plaques were reviewed. Data on CEUS parameters including quantitative and semi‐quantitative parameters were extracted and analyzed.
Results
The overall analysis showed significantly higher CEUS parameters in symptomatic carotid plaques compared to asymptomatic carotid plaques (standardised mean difference (SMD) .95, 95% confidence interval (CI) .56–1 …
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