St. John Cardiovascular Research Center, Harbor-UCLA Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, 1124 W Carson Street, Torrance, CA 90502, USA.
Curr Atheroscler Rep. 2013 Mar;15(3):306. doi: 10.1007/s11883-012-0306-4.
Carotid ultrasonography is a safe and available noninvasive diagnostic tool that provides information about the carotid arteries' characteristics and may be used for early detection of coronary artery disease as well as cardiovascular and stroke event risk stratifications. We performed a systematic search of articles discussing carotid ultrasonography in the English literature recorded in PubMed from 2010 to September 2012. Generally, the studies showed that internal carotid artery intima-media thickness is a more powerful variable than common carotid artery intima-media thickness. Moreover, the presence of carotid plaque and plaque volumes are more reliable and accurate estimators of coronary artery disease and risk of a stroke or cardiovascular event than intima-media thickness.
颈动脉超声检查是一种安全、可行的无创诊断工具,可提供颈动脉特征的相关信息,并且可用于早期发现冠状动脉疾病以及心血管和中风事件风险分层。我们对 2010 年至 2012 年 9 月期间在 PubMed 中记录的英文文献中讨论颈动脉超声检查的文章进行了系统检索。一般来说,这些研究表明,颈内动脉内膜中层厚度比颈总动脉内膜中层厚度更具预测价值。此外,颈动脉斑块的存在及其斑块容积是冠状动脉疾病和中风或心血管事件风险的更可靠和准确的预测指标,优于内膜中层厚度。