Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate ultrasound elastography and echogenicity analysis to discriminate between carotid plaques in patients with symptomatic internal carotid artery (ICA) stenosis versus patients with asymptomatic stenosis.
Subjects And Methods: Patients with symptomatic and asymptomatic ICA stenosis of more than 50% were recruited for the study. After both carotid arteries were scanned, plaque translation and elastography and echogenicity features were assessed. Parameters of index stenosis (i.e., symptomatic or more severe stenosis) were compared between populations. For further validation, parameters of index stenosis were also compared with those of the contralateral artery for segments with plaque. Segments without plaque on the index side were also evaluated between populations. ROC curve analyses were performed using a cross-validation method with bootstrapping to calculate sensitivity and specificity.
Results: Sixty-six patients with symptomatic (n = 26) or asymptomatic (n = 40) carotid stenoses were included. The maximum axial strain (p < 0.001), maximum axial shear strain magnitude (p = 0.03), and percentage of low-intensity of gray level (p = 0.01) of the index ICA were lower for patients with symptoms than for those without symptoms. In both groups, the contralateral ICA had translation and elastography and echogenicity parameters similar to those of the index ICA in patients with asymptomatic stenosis. The ROC curve for the detection of vulnerable plaques in patients with symptomatic stenosis was higher when ultrasound elastography and ultrasound echogenicity were used in combination than when each method was used alone (p < 0.001); a sensitivity of 71.6% and a specificity of 79.3% were obtained.
Conclusion: This pilot study establishes the usefulness of combining elastography with echogenicity analysis to discriminate plaques in patients with symptomatic ICA stenosis versus asymptomatic stenosis.
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