Spence JD, Jenkins DJA, Davignon J. Egg yolk consumption and
carotid plaque.
Results: Target SSTR2 gene expression occurred exclusively in «proinflammatory» M1 macrophages, specific (68) Ga - DOTATATE ligand binding to SST2 receptors occurred in CD68 - positive macrophage - rich
carotid plaque regions, and carotid SSTR2 mRNA was highly correlated with in vivo (68) Ga - DOTATATE PET signals (r = 0.89; 95 % confidence interval [CI]: 0.28 to 0.99; p = 0.02).
The researchers used ultrasound to assess carotid wall thickness and MRI to define
carotid plaque composition and the remodeling index, a measure of changes in vessel size.
Long - term follow - up in 1,872 patients after eight years added a further critical piece of information by confirming that patients with fatty liver were more likely to develop
carotid plaque over time.
Although all the firefighters were without cardiovascular symptoms, the researchers found that two - thirds of the participants (33 of 50) had
carotid plaque and / or thickening of the carotid artery greater than levels in the 75th percentile of values known to reflect risk.
«Our study shows the significant impact of adding
carotid plaque measurement using vascular ultrasound and coronary calcium scoring with CT scan to our conventional assessment for cardiovascular disease,» says Roxana Mehran, MD, the study's co-lead author and Director of Interventional Cardiovascular Research and Clinical Trials at the Zena and Michael A. Weiner Cardiovascular Institute at Mount Sinai Heart at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
The study shows those apparently healthy individuals identified with increased
carotid plaque burden and coronary artery calcium were two to three times more likely to have an adverse event such as an artery blockage, or a piece of plaque becoming loose causing a heart attack or stroke.
All patients were examined using carotid ultrasound with measurement of carotid intima - media thickness and
carotid plaques.
Diminished omega - 3 fatty acids are associated with
carotid plaques from neurologically symptomatic patients: Implications for carotid interventions.
Methods: We confirmed (68) Ga - DOTATATE binding in macrophages and excised
carotid plaques.
I've also had
my carotid plaques surgically removed.
Not exact matches
When Tobias Erlöv, who at the time was a doctoral student in biomedical engineering at the Lund Faculty of Engineering, discovered that there is a fairly simple mathematical calculation that can be used to interpret ultrasound signals and thereby figure out whether the
plaque in the
carotid artery is harmful or not, the researchers were somewhat surprised.
Novel 3D vascular ultrasound imaging technology allowed researchers to quantify the amount of
carotid artery
plaque burden lining each patient's
carotid arteries in their neck, while a coronary artery calcium score CT scan allowed for the identification of any narrowing or hardening of the coronary arteries due to the buildup of fatty cholesterol and calcified
plaque.
Strokes often result when accumulated
plaque breaks off from a narrowed section of an internal
carotid artery and blocks smaller vessels in the brain.
* An ultrasound test of the
carotid (neck) arteries to measure thickness of the lining of the arteries, as well look for presence of
plaque.
Leeper's team analyzed samples of arterial
plaque from people undergoing surgery for a clogged
carotid artery and from organ donors without cardiovascular disease.
To study the predictive value of MRI
plaque imaging, researchers performed
carotid artery ultrasound and MRI on 946 asymptomatic patients from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).
Noninvasive imaging of
carotid artery
plaque with MRI can accurately predict future cardiovascular events like strokes and heart attacks in people without a history of cardiovascular disease, according to a new study published online in the journal Radiology.
The drug, while lowering cholesterol effectively, failed to slow the progression of
carotid artery
plaque.
OAK BROOK, Ill. — Noninvasive imaging of
carotid artery
plaque with MRI can accurately predict future cardiovascular events like strokes and heart attacks in people without a history of cardiovascular disease, according to a new study published online in the journal Radiology.
In an investigation of the effects of bergamot on atherosclerosis in
carotid arteries in a clinical setting, just six months of therapy reduced measures of
plaque in these important arteries compared to placebo.
Researchers at Wake Forest University followed 1,000 people for five years, and measured the amount of
plaque in their
carotid arteries.
In men, as noted above, DHEA is a 5AR agonist, thus promoting conversion of testosterone to DHT, and has also been shown to exert anti-atherogenic effects; higher serum levels of DHEA - S correlate inversely with
carotid artery intima - media thickness,
plaque and blood flow volume.94
Despite never having a
carotid ultrasound or similar test, I have little doubt that more than three decades of eating a SAD (standard American diet) has left me with a bit of
plaque in my arteries, and the Ornish diet is supposed to reverse atherosclerosis.
His doctor as well as other info I've looked up online & in books suggests he will need to live with a blocked
carotid as there is no way to remove the
plaque since they will not perform surgery (too risky) nor use the super powered drug to remove blockage (I was told they only use this when there is still some blood flow immediately following a stroke).
This is the thickness of the inner wall of their
carotid arteries, where the atherosclerotic
plaque builds up — considered a predictor of «all - cause and cardiovascular mortality.»
I have mild
plaque in my
carotid arteries with no narrowing.
A CIMT ultrasound found
plaque in one
carotid artery so I was very concerned.
Researchers found that 3 eggs per week significantly increased arterial
plaque formation in
carotid arteries, significantly elevating the risk for hypertension, stroke and heart attack (5).
They also found
plaque deposits in the
carotid artery of 18 percent of the women who had not breast - fed and 10 percent of those who had.
Researchers found that those women who had not breast - fed were much more likely to have calcification or
plaque in their coronary artery, aorta and
carotid artery.