Objective: As a vascular risk factor, carotid atherosclerosis is crucial to cognitive impairment.
While carotid intima-media thickness, carotid artery plaque, and carotid stenosis can reflect …

Carotid atherosclerosis has a relevant impact on cerebral blood flow regulation. There is
accruing evidence that hemodynamic impairment related to the presence of a significant …

Inflammation and angiogenesis play major roles in carotid plaque vulnerability. The purpose
of this study was to determine whether gray-scale features of carotid plaques are associated …

OBJECTIVE This article describes the use of ultrasound measurements of physical strain
within carotid atherosclerotic plaques as a measure of instability and the potential for …

Vascular cognitive decline may be caused by micro-emboli generated by carotid plaque
instability. We previously found that maximum strain indices in carotid plaque were …

Instability in carotid vulnerable plaque can generate cerebral micro-emboli, which may be
related to both stroke and eventual cognitive abnormality. Strain imaging to detect plaque …

Higher local carotid artery strain has previously been shown to be a characteristic of
unstable carotid plaques. These plaques may be characterized by microvascular changes …

Objective The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between blood pressure
variability (BPV) and poststroke cognitive impairment (PSCI). Methods Seven-hundred …

Vulnerability and instability in carotid artery plaque has been assessed based on strain
variations using noninvasive ultrasound imaging. We previously demonstrated that carotid …

This comprehensive review explores the various scenarios of atherosclerosis, a systemic
and chronic arterial disease that underlies most cardiovascular disorders. Starting from an …