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Plaque echolucency and stroke risk in asymptomatic carotid stenosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Ultrasonographic plaque echolucency has been studied as a stroke risk marker in carotid atherosclerotic disease. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to summarize the association between ultrasound-determined carotid plaque echolucency and future ipsilateral stroke risk. METHODS:We searched the medical literature for studies evaluating the association between carotid plaque echolucency and future stroke in asymptomatic patients. We included prospective observational studies with stroke outcome ascertainment after baseline carotid plaque echolucency assessment. We performed a meta-analysis and assessed study heterogeneity and publication bias. We also performed subgroup analyses limited to patients with stenosis ≥50%, studies in which plaque echolucency was determined via subjective visual interpretation, studies with a relatively lower risk of bias, and studies published after the year 2000. RESULTS:We analyzed data from 7 studies on 7557 subjects with a mean follow-up of 37.2 months. We found a significant positive relationship between predominantly echolucent (compared with predominantly echogenic) plaques and the risk of future ipsilateral stroke across all stenosis severities (0% to 99%; relative risk, 2.31; 95% confidence interval, 1.58-3.39; P<0.001) and in subjects with ≥50% stenosis (relative risk, 2.61; 95% confidence interval, 1.47-4.63; P=0.001). A statistically significant increased relative risk for future stroke was preserved in all additional subgroup analyses. No statistically significant heterogeneity or publication bias was present in any of the meta-analyses. CONCLUSIONS:The presence of ultrasound-determined carotid plaque echolucency provides predictive information in asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis beyond luminal stenosis. However, the magnitude of the increased risk is not sufficient on its own to iden tify patients likely to benefit from surgical revascularization.

journal_name

Stroke

journal_title

Stroke

authors

Gupta A,Kesavabhotla K,Baradaran H,Kamel H,Pandya A,Giambrone AE,Wright D,Pain KJ,Mtui EE,Suri JS,Sanelli PC,Mushlin AI

doi

10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.006091

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2015-01-01 00:00:00

pages

91-7

issue

eissn

0039-2499

issn

1524-4628

pii

STROKEAHA.114.006091

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pub_type

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Plaque echolucency and stroke risk in asymptomatic carotid stenosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.