The value of contrast-enhanced ultrasonography in predicting stroke occurrence: A prospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to investigate the association between contrast-enhanced ultrasound-detected (CEUS) perfusion patterns of carotid plaque and the occurrence of stroke.

Materials and methods

This prospective observational study finally enrolled 256 patients (151 of them having undergone CEUS) from 7851 patients who underwent carotid artery ultrasound from May 2019 to December 2019 with the endpoint being the occurrence of stroke. The risk factors and carotid ultrasound fetures was obtained from those patients. Analyze the relationship between these variables and stoke occurrence.

Results

Patients in the recurrent stroke group and those in the no-recurrent stroke group were statistically different in stenosis rate, plaque echo, fibrous cap integrity, calcific

SUBMITTER: Huang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11489377 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature