Assessment of Atherosclerosis in Ischemic Stroke by means of Ultrasound of Extracranial/Intracranial Circulation and Serum, Urine, and Tissue Biomarkers

It is a common practice to take into consideration age, diabetes, smoking, treated and untreated systolic blood pressure, total cholesterol, and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol for the prediction of atherosclerosis and stroke. There are, however, ultrasound markers in use for the assessment of...

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Published inCurrent medicinal chemistry Vol. 30; no. 10; p. 1107
Main Authors Dimas, Grigorios G, Zilakaki, Maria, Giannopoulos, Argyrios, Daios, Stylianos, Kakaletsis, Nikolaos, Kaiafa, Georgia, Didangelos, Triantafyllos, Savopoulos, Christos, Ktenidis, Kyriakos, Tegos, Thomas
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United Arab Emirates 01.01.2023
Subjects
Atherosclerosis
Biomarkers
Carotid Intima-Media Thickness
Cholesterol
Humans
Ischemic Stroke
Plaque, Atherosclerotic
Risk Factors
Stroke
Carotid intima media thickness
tissue biomarkers
intracranial atherosclerosis
carotid plaque
serum
ultrasound
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Summary:It is a common practice to take into consideration age, diabetes, smoking, treated and untreated systolic blood pressure, total cholesterol, and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol for the prediction of atherosclerosis and stroke. There are, however, ultrasound markers in use for the assessment of atherosclerosis and the evaluation of stroke risk. Two areas of investigation are of interest: the carotid artery and the intracranial arterial circulation. Again, within the domain of the carotid artery, two ultrasonic markers have attracted our attention: intima media thickness of the carotid artery and the presence of carotid plaque with its various focal characteristics. In the domain of intracranial circulation, the presence of arterial stenosis and the recruitment of collaterals are considered significant ultrasonic markers for the above-mentioned purpose. On the other hand, a series of serum, urine, and tissue biomarkers are found to be related to atherosclerotic disease. Future studies might address the issue of whether the addition of proven ultrasonic carotid indices to the aforementioned serum, urine, and tissue biomarkers could provide the vascular specialist with a better assessment of the atherosclerotic load and solidify their position as surrogate markers for the evaluation of atherosclerosis and stroke risk.
ISSN:1875-533X
DOI:10.2174/0929867329666220817123442