Thin calcification (< 2 mm) can highly predict intraplaque hemorrhage in carotid plaque: the clinical significance of calcification types

• Published in: Acta neurochirurgica Vol. 164; no. 6; pp. 1635 - 1643
• Main Authors: Kashiwazaki, Daina, Yamamoto, Shusuke, Hori, Emiko, Akioka, Naoki, Noguchi, Kyo, Kuroda, Satoshi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Vienna Springer Vienna 01.06.2022; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Angiography; Calcification; Calcinosis - complications; Calcinosis - diagnostic imaging; Calcinosis - surgery; Carotid Arteries - pathology; Carotid Stenosis - complications; Carotid Stenosis - diagnostic imaging; Carotid Stenosis - surgery; Clinical significance; Computed tomography; Confidence intervals; Endarterectomy, Carotid; Hemorrhage; Hemorrhage - pathology; Humans; Interventional Radiology; Lesions; Magnetic resonance imaging; Medical imaging; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Minimally Invasive Surgery; Multivariate analysis; Neurology; Neuroradiology; Neurosurgery; Original Article - Vascular Neurosurgery - Ischemia; Patients; Plaque, Atherosclerotic - complications; Plaque, Atherosclerotic - diagnostic imaging; Plaque, Atherosclerotic - surgery; Plaques; Reproducibility of Results; Stenosis; Surgical Orthopedics; Tomography; Vascular Neurosurgery - Ischemia; Computed tomography angiography; Calcification; Carotid plaque; Plaque composition

Purpose Calcification pathogenesis and the relationship between calcification and plaque composition remain unclear. This study explored the calcification characteristics of vulnerable plaques, especially focusing on calcification thickness, using computed tomography angiography and magnetic resonan...