Carotid Atherosclerotic Plaque Characteristics on Magnetic Resonance Imaging Relate with History of Stroke and Coronary Heart Disease

Stroke

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1542-1547

  Selwaness, Mariana ^a   Bos, Daniel ^a   Van Den Bouwhuijsen, Quirijn ^a   Portegies, Marileen L P ^a   Ikram, M Arfan ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a   Franco, Oscar H ^a   Van Der Lugt, Aad ^a   Wentzel, Jolanda J ^a   Vernooij, Meike W ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; cardiovascular disease; carotid stenosis; magnetic resonance imaging; stroke

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID;

AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NETHERLANDS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; COMPLICATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CAROTID STENOSIS; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 84966710053     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.116.012923     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Little WC. Angiographic assessment of the culprit coronary artery lesion before acute myocardial infarction. Am J Cardiol. 1990;66:44G-47G.
2. Saam T, Hetterich H, Hoffmann V, Yuan C, Dichgans M, Poppert H, et al. Meta-analysis and systematic review of the predictive value of carotid plaque hemorrhage on cerebrovascular events by magnetic resonance imaging. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2013;62:1081-1091. doi: 10.1016/j. jacc.2013.06.015.
3. Gupta A, Baradaran H, Schweitzer AD, Kamel H, Pandya A, Delgado D, et al. Carotid plaque MRI and stroke risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Stroke. 2013;44:3071-3077. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.002551.
4. Odink AE, van der Lugt A, Hofman A, Hunink MG, Breteler MM, Krestin GP, et al. Association between calcification in the coronary arteries, aortic arch and carotid arteries: the Rotterdam study. Atherosclerosis. 2007;193:408-413. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2006.07.007.
5. Criqui MH. Peripheral arterial disease and subsequent cardiovascular mortality. A strong and consistent association. Circulation. 1990;82:2246-2247.
6. Naghavi M, Libby P, Falk E, Casscells SW, Litovsky S, Rumberger J, et al. From vulnerable plaque to vulnerable patient: a call for new definitions and risk assessment strategies: part I. Circulation. 2003;108:1664-1672. doi: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000087480.94275.97.
7. Solberg LA, Strong JP. Risk factors and atherosclerotic lesions. A review of autopsy studies. Arteriosclerosis. 1983;3:187-198.
8. Bos D, Portegies ML, van der Lugt A, Bos MJ, Koudstaal PJ, Hofman A, et al. Intracranial carotid artery atherosclerosis and the risk of stroke in whites: the Rotterdam Study. JAMA Neurol. 2014;71:405-411. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2013.6223.
9. Chambless LE, Heiss G, Folsom AR, Rosamond W, Szklo M, Sharrett AR, et al. Association of coronary heart disease incidence with carotid arterial wall thickness and major risk factors: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study, 1987-1993. Am J Epidemiol. 1997;146:483-494.
10. Kavousi M, Elias-Smale S, Rutten JH, Leening MJ, Vliegenthart R, Verwoert GC, et al. Evaluation of newer risk markers for coronary heart disease risk classification: a cohort study. Ann Intern Med. 2012;156:438-444. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-156-6-201203200-00006.
11. Nambi V, Pedroza C, Kao LS. Carotid intima-media thickness and cardiovascular events. Lancet. 2012;379:2028-2030. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60652-7.
12. Rothwell PM, Villagra R, Gibson R, Donders RC, Warlow CP. Evidence of a chronic systemic cause of instability of atherosclerotic plaques. Lancet. 2000;355:19-24.
13. Lekakis JP, Papamichael CM, Cimponeriu AT, Stamatelopoulos KS, Papaioannou TG, Kanakakis J, et al. Atherosclerotic changes of extracoronary arteries are associated with the extent of coronary atherosclerosis. Am J Cardiol. 2000;85:949-952.
14. Hofman A, Brusselle GG, Darwish Murad S, van Duijn CM, Franco OH, Goedegebure A, et al. The Rotterdam Study: 2016 objectives and design update. Eur J Epidemiol. 2015;30:661-708. doi: 10.1007/s10654-015-0082-x.
15. Selwaness M, van den Bouwhuijsen Q, Mattace-Raso FU, Verwoert GC, Hofman A, Franco OH, et al. Arterial stiffness is associated with carotid intraplaque hemorrhage in the general population: the Rotterdam study. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2014;34:927-932. doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.113.302603.
16. van den Bouwhuijsen QJ, Vernooij MW, Hofman A, Krestin GP, van der Lugt A, Witteman JC. Determinants of magnetic resonance imaging detected carotid plaque components: the Rotterdam Study. Eur Heart J. 2012;33:221-229. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehr227.
17. Staikov IN, Arnold M, Mattle HP, Remonda L, Sturzenegger M, Baumgartner RW, et al. Comparison of the ECST, CC, and NASCET grading methods and ultrasound for assessing carotid stenosis. European Carotid Surgery Trial. North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial. J Neurol. 2000;247:681-686.
18. World Health Organization. ICD-10 International Classification of Diseases and Related Health-Problems, 10th Revision. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; 1992.
19. Wieberdink RG, Ikram MA, Hofman A, Koudstaal PJ, Breteler MM. Trends in stroke incidence rates and stroke risk factors in Rotterdam, the Netherlands from 1990 to 2008. Eur J Epidemiol. 2012;27:287-295. doi: 10.1007/s10654-012-9673-y.
20. Mattace-Raso FU, van der Cammen TJ, Hofman A, van Popele NM, Bos ML, Schalekamp MA, et al. Arterial stiffness and risk of coronary heart disease and stroke: the Rotterdam Study. Circulation. 2006;113:657-663. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.555235.
21. Dempster AP, Laird NM, Rubin DB. Maximum likelihood from incomplete data via the EM algorithm. J R Stat Soc B. 1977;39:1-38.
22. Lorenz MW, Markus HS, Bots ML, Rosvall M, Sitzer M. Prediction of clinical cardiovascular events with carotid intima-media thickness: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Circulation. 2007;115:459-467. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.628875.
23. Yuan C, Mitsumori LM, Beach KW, Maravilla KR. Carotid atherosclerotic plaque: noninvasive MR characterization and identification of vulnerable lesions. Radiology. 2001;221:285-299. doi: 10.1148/radiol.2212001612.
24. Kwee RM, van Oostenbrugge RJ, Prins MH, Ter Berg JW, Franke CL, Korten AG, et al. Symptomatic patients with mild and moderate carotid stenosis: plaque features at MRI and association with cardiovascular risk factors and statin use. Stroke. 2010;41:1389-1393. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.109.575670.
25. Altaf N, MacSweeney ST, Gladman J, Auer DP. Carotid intraplaque hemorrhage predicts recurrent symptoms in patients with high-grade carotid stenosis. Stroke. 2007;38:1633-1635. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.106.473066.
26. Zhao H, Zhao X, Liu X, Cao Y, Hippe DS, Sun J, et al. Association of carotid atherosclerotic plaque features with acute ischemic stroke: a magnetic resonance imaging study. Eur J Radiol. 2013;82:e465-e470. doi: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2013.04.014.
27. Fuster V, Fayad ZA, Badimon JJ. Acute coronary syndromes: biology. Lancet. 1999;353(suppl 2):SII5-SII9.
28. Kereiakes DJ. The Emperor's clothes: in search of the vulnerable plaque. Circulation. 2003;107:2076-2077. doi: 10.1161/01. CIR.0000069942.72072.2E.
29. Maseri A, Fuster V. Is there a vulnerable plaque? Circulation. 2003;107:2068-2071. doi: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000070585.48035.D1.
30. Hellings WE, Peeters W, Moll FL, Piers SR, van Setten J, Van der Spek PJ, et al. Composition of carotid atherosclerotic plaque is associated with cardiovascular outcome: a prognostic study. Circulation. 2010;121:1941-1950. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.887497.
31. Kodama T, Narula N, Agozzino M, Arbustini E. Pathology of plaque haemorrhage and neovascularization of coronary artery. J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2012;13:620-627. doi: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e328356a5f2.
32. Vrijenhoek JE, Den Ruijter HM, De Borst GJ, de Kleijn DP, De Vries JP, Bots ML, et al. Sex is associated with the presence of atherosclerotic plaque hemorrhage and modifies the relation between plaque hemorrhage and cardiovascular outcome. Stroke. 2013;44:3318-3323. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.002633.
33. Derksen WJ, Peeters W, Tersteeg C, de Vries JP, de Kleijn DP, Moll FL, et al. Age and coumarin-type anticoagulation are associated with the occurrence of intraplaque hemorrhage, while statins are associated less with intraplaque hemorrhage: a large histopathological study in carotid and femoral plaques. Atherosclerosis. 2011;214:139-143. doi: 10.1016/j. atherosclerosis.2010.10.022.
34. Vink A, Schoneveld AH, Richard W, de Kleijn DP, Falk E, Borst C, et al. Plaque burden, arterial remodeling and plaque vulnerability: determined by systemic factors? J Am Coll Cardiol. 2001;38:718-723.
35. Cheung HM, Moody AR, Singh N, Bitar R, Zhan J, Leung G. Late stage complicated atheroma in low-grade stenotic carotid disease: MR imaging depiction-prevalence and risk factors. Radiology. 2011;260:841-847. doi: 10.1148/radiol.11101652.
36. Kandiyil N, Altaf N, Hosseini AA, MacSweeney ST, Auer DP. Lower prevalence of carotid plaque hemorrhage in women, and its mediator effect on sex differences in recurrent cerebrovascular events. PLoS One. 2012;7:e47319. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047319.
37. Aziz F. Coronary artery disease in women: an unsolved dilemma. J Clin Med Res. 2014;6:86-90. doi: 10.14740/jocmr1725w.