Lukasz Tekieli, Anna Kablak-Ziembicka, Wladyslaw Dabrowski, Karolina Dzierwa, Zbigniew Moczulski, Malgorzata Urbanczyk-Zawadzka, Adam Mazurek, Justyna Stefaniak, Piotr Paluszek, Maciej Krupinski, Tadeusz Przewlocki, Piotr Pieniazek, Piotr Musialek
PURPOSE: Different non-invasive and invasive imaging modalities are used to determine carotid artery stenosis severity that remains a principal parameter in clinical decision-making. We compared stenosis degree obtained with different modalities against vascular imaging gold standard, intravascular ultrasound, IVUS. METHODS: 300 consecutive patients (age 47-83 years, 192 men, 64% asymptomatic) with carotid artery stenosis of " ≥ 50%" referred for potential revascularization received as per study protocol (i) duplex ultrasound (DUS), (ii) computed tomography angiography (CTA), (iii) intraarterial quantitative angiography (iQA) and (iv) and (iv) IVUS...
August 21, 2023: International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging