Carotid ultrasound phenotypes in vulnerable populations

Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Riccio, Silvia A ^a,b   House, Andrew A ^b   Spence, J David ^a   Fenster, Aaron ^a,b   Parraga, Grace ^a,b  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; B SCAN; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTIMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AGED; CAROTID STENOSIS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 33751266046     PISSN: 14767120     EISSN: 14767120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-7120-4-44     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Landry A, Spence JD, Fenster A: Measurement of carotid plaque volume by 3-dimensional ultrasound. Stroke 2004, 35:864-869.
2. Owens GK: Control of hypertrophic versus hyperplastic growth of vascular smooth muscle cells. Am J Physiol 1989, 257:H1755-H1765.
3. Spence JD: Ultrasound measurement of carotid plaque as a surrogate outcome for coronary artery disease. Am J Cardiol 2002, 89:10B-15B.
4. Stary HC, Blankenhorn DH, Chandler AB, Glagov S, Insull W Jr., Richardson M, Rosenfeld ME, Schaffer SA, Schwartz CJ, Wagner WD, .: A definition of the intima of human arteries and of its atherosclerosis-prone regions. A report from the Committee on Vascular Lesions of the Council on Arteriosclerosis, American Heart Association. Arterioscler Thromb 1992, 12:120-134.
5. Hennerici M, Baezner H, Daffertshofer M: Ultrasound and arterial wall disease. Cerebrovasc Dis 2004, 17:19-33.
6. Stary HC, Chandler AB, Glagov S, Guyton JR, Insull W Jr., Rosenfeld ME, Schaffer SA, Schwartz CJ, Wagner WD, Wissler RW: A definition of initial, fatty streak, and intermediate lesions of atherosclerosis. A report from the Committee on Vascular Lesions of the Council on Arteriosclerosis, American Heart Association. Arterioscler Thromb 1994, 14:840-856.
7. Pollex RL, Spence JD, House AA, Fenster A, Hanley AJ, Zinman B, Harris SB, Hegele RA: A comparison of ultrasound measurements to assess carotid atherosclerosis development in subjects with and without type 2 diabetes. Cardiovasc Ultrasound 2005, 3:15.:15.
8. Barnett HJ, Taylor DW, Eliasziw M, Fox AJ, Ferguson GG, Haynes RB, Rankin RN, Clagett GP, Hachinski VC, Sackett DL, Thorpe KE, Meldrum HE, Spence JD: Benefit of carotid endarterectomy in patients with symptomatic moderate or severe stenosis. North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial Collaborators. N Engl J Med 1998, 339:1415-1425.
9. Wilson PW, D'Agostino RB, Levy D, Belanger AM, Silbershatz H, Kannel WB: Prediction of coronary heart disease using risk factor categories. Circulation 1998, 97:1837-1847.
10. Selzer RH, Hodis HN, Kwong-Fu H, Mack WJ, Lee PL, Liu CR, Liu CH: Evaluation of computerized edge tracking for quantifying intima-media thickness of the common carotid artery from B-mode ultrasound images. Atherosclerosis 1994, 111:1-11.
11. Spence JD, Eliasziw M, DiCicco M, Hackam DG, Galil R, Lohmann T: Carotid plaque area: a tool for targeting and evaluating vascular preventive therapy. Stroke 2002, 33:2916-2922.
12. Landry A, Fenster A: Theoretical and experimental quantification of carotid plaque volume measurements made by three-dimensional ultrasound using test phantoms. Med Phys 2002, 29:2319-2327.
13. Spence JD, Hegele RA: Noninvasive phenotypes of atherosclerosis. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2004, 24:e188-e189.
14. Spence JD, Hegele RA: Noninvasive phenotypes of atherosclerosis: similar windows but different views. Stroke 2004, 35:649-653.
15. O'Leary DH, Polak JF, Kronmal RA, Savage PJ, Borhani NO, Kittner SJ, Tracy R, Gardin JM, Price TR, Furberg CD: Thickening of the carotid wall. A marker for atherosclerosis in the elderly? Cardiovascular Health Study Collaborative Research Group. Stroke 1996, 27:224-231.
16. Adams MR, Nakagomi A, Keech A, Robinson J, McCredie R, Bailey BP, Freedman SB, Celermajer DS: Carotid intima-media thickness is only weakly correlated with the extent and severity of coronary artery disease. Circulation 1995, 92:2127-2134.
17. Al Shali KZ, House AA, Hanley AJ, Khan HM, Harris SB, Zinman B, Mamakeesick M, Fenster A, Spence JD, Hegele RA: Genetic variation in PPARG encoding peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma associated with carotid atherosclerosis. Stroke 2004, 35:2036-2040.
18. Al Shali K, House AA, Hanley AJ, Khan HM, Harris SB, Mamakeesick M, Zinman B, Fenster A, Spence JD, Hegele RA: Differences between carotid wall morphological phenotypes measured by ultrasound in one, two and three dimensions. Atherosclerosis 2005, 178:319-325.
19. Hegele RA, Al Shali KZ, House AA, Hanley AJ, Harris SB, Mamakeesick M, Fenster A, Zinman B, Cao H, Spence JD: Disparate associations of a functional promoter polymorphism in PCK1 with carotid wall ultrasound traits. Stroke 2005, 36:2566-2570.
20. Spence JD, Hegele RA: Non-invasive assessment of atherosclerosis risk. Curr Drug Targets Cardiovasc Haematol Disord 2004, 4:125-128.