Individualized references of carotid stiffening quantified with ultrafast ultrasound imaging: model construction and preliminary validation
Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology(2022)
Abstract
To establish and preliminarily validate an individualized reference of carotid stiffness quantified by ultrafast pulse wave velocity (ufPWV), our study included 225 healthy individuals in the modeling cohort and 628 individuals in the validation cohort. All participants underwent assessment of carotid intima-media thick-ness (cIMT), pulse wave velocity -beginning of systole and pulse wave velocity -end of systole (PWV-ES). A threshold equation of estimated PWV-ES was obtained by multiple linear regression analysis in the modeling cohort as follows: estimated PWV-ES (m/s) = 0.080 x age (y) + 0.767 x low-density lipoprotein (mmol/ L) + 0.040 x systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) + 0.372 x sex (male = 1, female = 0) -2.803. With this equation, the validation cohort was divided into the low PWV-ES (actual PWV-ES < estimated PWV-ES) and high PWV-ES (actual PWV-ES > estimated PWV-ES) groups. A clear boundary was found to be present between the low PWV-ES and high PWV-ES groups in the validation cohort. Participants with increasing PWV-ES increased with age gradually. We further subdivided participants into cIMT subgroups using a cutoff thickness of 0.050 cm. Diagnostic performance analysis revealed that the sensitivity and specificity of the threshold equation were 78.9% and 73.9%, respectively. We established and validated a novel individualized reference equation for estimated PWV-ES, which can likely expand the application of prospective ufPWV assessment. (E-mail: szcrhh007@vip.163.com) (c) 2022 World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. All rights reserved.
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Key words
Atherosclerosis,Ultrafast pulse wave velocity,Carotid stiffness,Individualized references,Ultrafast ultrasound imaging
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