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SUBMITTER: Czernuszewicz TJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5708537 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Czernuszewicz Tomasz J TJ Homeister Jonathon W JW Caughey Melissa C MC Wang Yue Y Zhu Hongtu H Huang Benjamin Y BY Lee Ellie R ER Zamora Carlos A CA Farber Mark A MA Fulton Joseph J JJ Ford Peter F PF Marston William A WA Vallabhaneni Raghuveer R Nichols Timothy C TC Gallippi Caterina M CM
Journal of vascular surgery 20170713 6
<h4>Objective</h4>Stroke is commonly caused by thromboembolic events originating from ruptured carotid plaque with vulnerable composition. This study assessed the performance of acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) imaging, a noninvasive ultrasound elasticity imaging method, for delineating the composition of human carotid plaque in vivo with histologic validation.<h4>Methods</h4>Carotid ARFI images were captured before surgery in 25 patients undergoing clinically indicated carotid endarterec ...[more]