What Will Noninvasive Carotid Atherosclerosis Imaging Show Us About High-Risk Coronary Plaques?

• Published in: Journal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 58; no. 4; pp. 423 - 425
• Main Authors: Yuan, Chun, PhD, Polissar, Nayak L., PhD, Hatsukami, Thomas S., MD
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 19.07.2011; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Atherosclerosis; Cardiology; Cardiovascular; Cardiovascular disease; carotid artery; Carotid Artery Diseases - diagnosis; Carotid Artery Diseases - epidemiology; coronary artery disease; Coronary Artery Disease - diagnosis; Coronary Artery Disease - epidemiology; Coronary Artery Disease - etiology; Coronary vessels; Heart attacks; Hemorrhage; Humans; Internal Medicine; magnetic resonance imaging; Medical imaging; NMR; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Plaque, Atherosclerotic - complications; Plaque, Atherosclerotic - diagnosis; prognosis; Risk Factors; Studies; coronary artery disease; magnetic resonance imaging; carotid artery; prognosis

The true value of using the carotid artery as a surrogate of coronary artery disease may lie in linking the specific high-risk atherosclerotic lesions or lesion features in the 2 vascular beds. [...]what is even more exciting is that the study has been conducted through noninvasive imaging, and thus...