Background and purpose It remains unclear whether direct vessel wall imaging can identify
carotid high-risk lesions in symptomatic subjects and whether carotid plaque characteristics …

Vulnerable carotid atherosclerotic plaques are characterised by several risk factors, such as
inflammation, neovascularization and intraplaque haemorrhage (IPH). Vulnerable plaques …

Objective To assess the clinical utility of ultrasound in predicting the risk of carotid
vulnerable plaque rupture using pathological intraplaque hemorrhage as the gold standard …

Background: Carotid atherosclerosis is not only a marker of systemic atherosclerosis but
also a predictor of ischemic stroke. The purpose of this study is to correlate the relationship …

Background: Superb microvascular imaging (SMI) is a novel Doppler technique that depicts
low velocity blood flow without the use of a contrast agent. Studies suggested that SMI may …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Intraplaque hemorrhage contributes to lipid core
enlargement and plaque progression, leading to plaque destabilization and stroke. The …

Background/Aim. Increasing evidence points to the inflammatory character of
atherosclerosis and several parameters of inflammation have been proposed as …

Background Carotid atherosclerotic plaque rupture is an important source of ischemic
stroke. However, the prevalence of high‐risk plaque (HRP) defined as plaques with luminal …

OBJECT Recent studies have demonstrated that plaque morphology can contribute to
identification of patients at high risk of carotid artery atherosclerosis as well as the degree of …

Background To investigate the impacts of carotid plaque and intima-media thickness (IMT)
on future vascular events (VEs) in the patients with acute ischemic stroke. Methods A total of …