DocumentCode
3488655
Title
Characterization of carotid artery atherosclerotic plaques with transcutaneous ultrasound
Author
Beach, Kirk W. ; Strandness, D. Eugene, Jr.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Surg., Washington Univ., Seattle, WA, USA
Volume
2
fYear
1995
fDate
7-10 Nov 1995
Firstpage
1501
Abstract
Atherosclerotic plaques causing internal carotid artery stenoses with diastolic velocities exceeding 140 cm/s have a 20% chance of causing an embolic stroke. Currently, surgical removal of such plaques is recommended because the surgery reduces the chance of stroke by at least a factor of 2. 80% of those patients subject to the surgery have no benefit because they would remain stroke free without the surgery. Morphology of the carotid plaque may identify those patients who will stroke
Keywords
Doppler measurement; biomedical ultrasonics; 140 cm/s; carotid artery atherosclerotic plaques; carotid plaque morphology; diastolic velocities; internal carotid artery stenoses; surgery; transcutaneous ultrasound; Angiography; Carotid arteries; Collision mitigation; History; Kirk field collapse effect; Medical treatment; Morphology; Shape; Surgery; Ultrasonic imaging;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Ultrasonics Symposium, 1995. Proceedings., 1995 IEEE
Conference_Location
Seattle, WA
ISSN
1051-0117
Print_ISBN
0-7803-2940-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ULTSYM.1995.495840
Filename
495840
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