Plasma sphingomyelin concentration is correlated with the development of atherosclerosis.
It has been found to exist in significantly higher concentrations in aortic plaque. This appears …

Background and Purpose—MRI is able to quantify carotid plaque size and composition with
good accuracy and reproducibility and provides an opportunity to prospectively examine the …

Carotid artery disease is considered a major cause of strokes and there is a need for early
disease detection and management. Although imaging techniques have been developed for …

Objectives: This study was designed to evaluate contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging of
carotid atherosclerosis as a clinical tool to study intraplaque neovascularization …

Purpose To correlate echogenicity and severity of atherosclerotic carotid artery lesions at
standard ultrasonography (US) with the degree of intraplaque neovascularization at contrast …

OBJECTIVE: We undertook this study to quantitate differences in the degree of calcification
between symptomatic and asymptomatic plaques removed at carotid endarterectomy (CEA) …

Background—Matrix metalloproteinase-9 could exhibit an important role in the
destabilization of atherosclerotic carotid plaques. We hypothesized that in patients with …

Background Carotid artery plaque inflammation is thought to be an important marker of
plaque vulnerability and increased stroke risk. Aim The main aim of this study was to assess …

Peters SAE, Lind L, Palmer MK, Grobbee DE, Crouse JR III, O'Leary DH, Evans GW,
Raichlen J, Bots ML, den Ruijter HM, on behalf of the METEOR study group (University …

Background Carotid plaque echodensity and texture features predict cerebrovascular
symptomatology. Our purpose was to determine the association of echodensity and textural …