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Detection Of Symptomatic Carotid Plaque Using Source Data From Mr And Ct Angiography: A Correlative Study, A. Gupta, H. Baradaran, E. E. Mtui, H. Kamel, A. Pandya, A. Giambrone, C. Iadecola, P. C. Sanelli
Detection Of Symptomatic Carotid Plaque Using Source Data From Mr And Ct Angiography: A Correlative Study, A. Gupta, H. Baradaran, E. E. Mtui, H. Kamel, A. Pandya, A. Giambrone, C. Iadecola, P. C. Sanelli
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BACKGROUND: Carotid plaque MRI has been a useful method to characterize vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque elements. Recent investigations have suggested that source images from CT angiography (CTA) and MR angiography (MRA) can identify the simple high-risk features of symptom-producing carotid artery plaque. We studied the correlation and relative diagnostic accuracies of CTA and MRA source images in detecting symptomatic carotid artery plaque. METHODS: Subjects were eligible if they had carotid stenosis between 50 and 99% and had MRA and CTA exams performed within 10 days of one another. We measured the soft (non-calcified) plaque and hard (calcified) plaque thickness on CTA …