Determinants of calcification growth in atherosclerotic carotid arteries; a serial multi-detector CT angiography study

• Published in: Atherosclerosis Vol. 227; no. 1; pp. 95 - 99
• Main Authors: van Gils, M.J., Bodde, M.C., Cremers, L.G.M., Dippel, D.W.J., van der Lugt, A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ireland Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.03.2013
• Subjects: Aged; Atherosclerosis; Calcification; Calcinosis; Calcinosis - diagnostic imaging; Cardiovascular; Cardiovascular Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases - complications; Carotid; carotid arteries; Carotid Arteries - diagnostic imaging; Carotid Artery Diseases; Carotid Artery Diseases - diagnostic imaging; complications; Disease Progression; Female; glucose; Humans; hypertension; Hypertension - complications; Hypertension - diagnostic imaging; Ischemic Attack, Transient; Ischemic Attack, Transient - diagnostic imaging; linear models; Male; MDCTA imaging; Middle Aged; patients; Plaque, Atherosclerotic; Plaque, Atherosclerotic - diagnostic imaging; radiography; regression analysis; Risk Factors; Serial; stroke; Stroke - diagnostic imaging; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Calcification; MDCTA imaging; Serial; Carotid; Risk factors; Atherosclerosis

Little is known about the natural course of atherosclerotic plaque in the carotid artery bifurcation. This study investigated the growth pattern of calcifications in atherosclerotic carotid arteries and its determinants using serial multi-detector CT angiography (MDCTA). From a cohort of consecutive...