单位：[1]China Japan Friendship Hosp, Dept Ultrasound Diag, Beijing, Peoples R China[2]China Japan Friendship Hosp, Dept Cardiovasc Surg, Beijing, Peoples R China[3]Gulou Hosp TCM, Dept Tradit Chinese Med, Beijing, Peoples R China
Introduction: The aim of the study is to evaluate the ability of Real Time Elastography (RTE) to assess the stiffness of carotid plaque in patients. Materials and methods: 96 patients with carotid plaque were enrolled in this study. hypo-echo plaques, complex-echo plaques and strong-echo plaques in 96 patients were found by gray scale ultrasound. Meanwhile, RTE was used to display a color-coded strain map and calculate the strain ratio of different types of echo plaques with surrounding tissue. Results: Color-coded RTE image showed that the hypo-echo plaques were mainly red or green, complex-echo plaques were blue and green, and the strong-echo plaques were blue and white. The mean strain ratio of hypo-echo plaques, compounded-echo plaques and strong-echo plaques were 1.21+/-0.69, 435+/-3.19 and 41.14+/-33.09, respectively. There was statistic difference (P<0.05). Conclusion: The strain ratio of hypo-echo plaques, complex-echo plaques, strong-echo plaques increased in turn. RTE combined conventional ultrasound to provide more information in the diagnosis of carotid artery plaque stability.
基金：
International S&T CooperationProgram of China [2011DFA33040]
第一作者单位：[1]China Japan Friendship Hosp, Dept Ultrasound Diag, Beijing, Peoples R China
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推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714)：
Tian Yan,Fan Xueqiang,Ma Jiaojiao,et al.REAL TIME ELASTOGRAPHY ASSESSMENT OF THE STIFFNESS OF CAROTID PLAQUES: INITIAL CLINICAL EXPERIENCE[J].ACTA MEDICA MEDITERRANEA.2016,32(2):439-442.
APA：
Tian, Yan,Fan, Xueqiang,Ma, Jiaojiao,Wu, Jingping,Zheng, Chenglong...&Zhang, Min.(2016).REAL TIME ELASTOGRAPHY ASSESSMENT OF THE STIFFNESS OF CAROTID PLAQUES: INITIAL CLINICAL EXPERIENCE.ACTA MEDICA MEDITERRANEA,32,(2)
MLA：
Tian, Yan,et al."REAL TIME ELASTOGRAPHY ASSESSMENT OF THE STIFFNESS OF CAROTID PLAQUES: INITIAL CLINICAL EXPERIENCE".ACTA MEDICA MEDITERRANEA 32..2(2016):439-442
