Plaque echolucency and the risk of ischaemic stroke in patients with asymptomatic carotid stenosis within the first asymptomatic carotid surgery trial (ACST-1)

<h4>Objective/Background</h4> <p>On ultrasound, potentially “high risk” carotid plaques may appear echolucent. In this study, whether a confident classification of echolucent plaque was a predictor of future ipsilateral ischaemic stroke in asymptomatic patients randomized to medica...

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Principais autores: Huibers, A, de Borst, G, Bulbulia, R, Pan, H, Halliday, A
Formato: Journal article
Publicado em: Elsevier 2015