Carotid Plaque CTA Analysis in Symptomatic Subjects with Bilateral Intraparenchymal Hemorrhage: A Preliminary Analysis

AJNR. American Journal of Neuroradiology
Luca SabaChun Yuan

Abstract

The presence of IPH is considered the most dangerous feature because it is significantly associated with clinical ipsilateral cerebrovascular events. Our aim was to explore the characterization of plaque with CT in symptomatic subjects with bilateral intraplaque hemorrhage. Three-hundred-forty-three consecutive patients with recent anterior circulation ischemic events (<2 weeks) and CT of the carotid arteries (performed within 14 days of the cerebrovascular event) evaluated between June 2012 and September 2017 were analyzed for plaque volume composition to identify all subjects with bilateral intraplaque hemorrhage. Plaque volume was semiautomatically measured, and tissue components were classified according to the attenuation values such as the following: calcified (for values of ≥130 HU), mixed (for values of ≥60 and <130 HU), lipid (for values of ≥25 and <60 HU), and intraplaque hemorrhage (for values of <25 HU). Twenty-one subjects (15 men; mean age, 70 ± 11 years; range, 44-87 years) had bilateral intraplaque hemorrhage and were included in the analysis. Volume measurement revealed significantly larger plaques on the symptomatic side compared with the asymptomatic one (mean, 28 ± 9 versus 22 ± 8 mm, P = .007). Intraplaque ...Continue Reading

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