… Duplex ultrasonography (DUS) has been the mainstay for diagnosing carotid artery stenosis
… Highly calcified plaque, however, results in an acoustic shadow (AcS) that obscures the …

… Although few studies have documented the validity or reproducibility of the association,
acoustic shadowing (AS) on ultrasound (US) is commonly accepted as a marker of arterial …

… within carotid artery plaques remain largely unexplored. Acoustic shadowing (AS) on B-mode
ultrasound is … We report on the relationship between carotid artery plaque, with and without …

… ultrasonography (CDUS) are the methods of choice for screening and determining the degree
of Carotid … by a common CDUS artifact known as acoustic shadow (AS). Our objective was …

… with carotid artery plaque and plaque with acoustic shadowing in a population-based sample,
high-resн olution B-mode ultrasonography … and internal carotid arteries, and at the carotid …

… In this study we examined the association between carotid atherosclerosis … of carotid artery
lesions (CALs) among those free of arterial mineralization as indexed by acoustic shadowing (…

… likely originate from vulnerable plaque at the carotid bifurcation. 5 Other sources of emboli
include the heart, origins of the carotid and vertebral arteries, distal cerebrovascular circulation…

… relevance for the carotid artery. … carotid arteries, the quantitative significance of relevant
artefacts was determined in minor subgroups of the collective. Results: Acoustic shadowing …

… This chapter covers the errors than can be made in the ultrasound evaluation of carotid …
carotid arteries, lesion obscured by acoustic shadowing, patient factors, and other artifacts. …

… , places a perspective on carotid artery findings seen in … -mode ultrasound examination of
the extracranial carotid artery … carotid artery plaque and plaque with acoustic shadowing in a …