Tuesday, June 9, 2020

Patients with Unstable Atherosclerosis Have More Echolucent Carotid Plaques Compared with Stable Atherosclerotic Patients: A 3-D Ultrasound Study

So what is the solution to this problem? No solution, useless research. 

Do you want the lawnmower?
Lawnmower For Clogged Arteries
Or Drano? I would be worried about this, sloughing off chunks
Drano For Clogged Arteries
Or conventional?
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Or this?

Israeli study uses gold particles to ‘seek and destroy’ artery blockages

But I'd rather my doctor told me how much watermelon juice to drink.

Watermelon juice reverses hardening of the arteries  Nov. 2011

I'm not medically trained so nothing here should be brought to your doctor's attention because they being completely up-to-date will already know about it.

The latest here:

 

Patients with Unstable Atherosclerosis Have More Echolucent Carotid Plaques Compared with Stable Atherosclerotic Patients: A 3-D Ultrasound Study




Abstract

Using a novel 3-D ultrasound system, we aimed to determine differences in carotid plaque size and echogenicity in two atherosclerotic groups. Seventy patients admitted with acute myocardial infarction (aMI) and 69 patients known with chronic peripheral arterial disease (cPAD) were included. The cPAD group had larger plaque volumes (median: 70.24 mm 3, interquartile range [40.12–135.61] vs. 55.41 mm 3 [4.24–84.31], p = 0.004), thicker plaques (2.45 mm [1.85–3.25] vs. 1.99 mm [1.55 – 2.64], p = 0.005) and higher gray-scale medians (GSMs) (mean: 71.75, standard deviation: 21.55 vs. 60.99 [24.09], p = 0.006) than the aMI group. After adjustment for traditional risk factors, the difference persisted for thickness and volume. The difference in GSM persisted after adjustment for volume only. Patients with stable atherosclerotic disease had larger and brighter carotid plaques compared with unstable atherosclerotic patients. 3-D ultrasound may prove useful in identifying thromboembolic risk.

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