Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) Is Not Able to Identify Vulnerable Plaques in Asymptomatic Carotid Atherosclerotic Disease.

Mario D'Oria,Stefano Chiarandini,Marco D Pipitone,Maurizio Fisicaro,Cristiano Calvagna,Rossana Bussani,Alice Rotelli,Barbara Ziani

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery（2018）

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Abstract

The main findings of the study were that histologically proven vulnerable plaques (i.e., AHA Class VI) as compared with histologically proven non-vulnerable plaques (i.e., AHA Class IV/V) had denser neo-vascularisation, but not more pronounced contrast enhancement.

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Key words

Vulnerable plaque,Intraplaque neoangiogenesis,Asymptomatic carotid atherosclerotic disease,Contrast-enhanced ultrasound

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