Abstract:BACKGROUND
Screening for atherosclerosis is an important method for assessing cardiovascular (CV) risk. Our data with carotid imaging shows a normal a carotid is associated with a very low 10-year CV risk of 1.6%. Even a low risk carotid still predicts a favourable outcome, 5.6-7.0% CV risk over 10 years. Increasing plaque burden as assessed by either total plaque area (>25mm2) or plaque score (>1) is associated with increasing CV risk, ranging from 20% to >30% over 10 ye… Show more
“…Regarding atherosclerosis, Matangi et al (7) performed screening by carotid ultrasound in 1 683 consecutive patients to estimate the proportion and severity of carotid disease in patients referred for stress echocardiography. Patients had no diabetes, statin treatment or prior history of any cardiovascular disease.…”
The annual meeting of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging, EuroEcho 2019, was held in Vienna, Austria, in December 2019. In this article, we present a summary of the ‘Highlights’ session.
“…Regarding atherosclerosis, Matangi et al (7) performed screening by carotid ultrasound in 1 683 consecutive patients to estimate the proportion and severity of carotid disease in patients referred for stress echocardiography. Patients had no diabetes, statin treatment or prior history of any cardiovascular disease.…”
The annual meeting of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging, EuroEcho 2019, was held in Vienna, Austria, in December 2019. In this article, we present a summary of the ‘Highlights’ session.
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