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Diagnostic Methods of Atherosclerotic Plaque and the Assessment of Its Prognostic Significance-A Narrative Review

Overview

Overview

Journal J Cardiovasc Dev Dis

Specialty Cardiology & Vascular Diseases

Date 2024 Nov 26

PMID 39590186

Authors

Authors

Pawel Gac

Anna Jakubowska-Martyniuk

Aleksandra Zorawik

Wojciech Hajdusianek

Dawid Zytkowski

Tomasz Matys

Rafal Poreba

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Abstract

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are a leading cause of death. The most notable cause of CVD is an atherosclerotic plaque. The aim of this review is to provide an overview of different diagnostic methods for atherosclerotic plaque relevant to the assessment of cardiovascular risk. The methods can be divided into invasive and non-invasive. This review focuses on non-invasive with attention paid to ultrasonography, contrast-enhanced ultrasonography, intravascular ultrasonography, and assessment of intima-media complex, coronary computed tomography angiography, and magnetic resonance. In the review, we discuss a number of Artificial Intelligence technologies that support plaque imaging.

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