Cardiovascular risk assessment using ultrasound: the value of arterial wall changes including the presence, severity and character of plaques | Zendy

Maura Griffin | Zendy; Andrew Nicolaides | Zendy; Gianni Belcaro | Zendy; Ebrahim Shah | Zendy

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Cardiovascular risk assessment using ultrasound: the value of arterial wall changes including the presence, severity and character of plaques

Author(s) -

Maura Griffin,

Andrew Nicolaides,

Gianni Belcaro,

Ebrahim Shah

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

pathophysiology of haemostasis and thrombosis

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1424-8840

pISSN - 1424-8832

DOI - 10.1159/000073602

Subject(s) - arterial wall , medicine , cardiology , character (mathematics) , ultrasound , vascular wall , value (mathematics) , radiology , computer science , geometry , mathematics , machine learning

Conventional cardiovascular risk factors have been used to identify subgroups at increased risk of cardiovascular events. The British Regional Heart Study Score (BRHSS) using such risk factors at best identifies only 59% of individuals that develop coronary heart disease (CHD) in the subsequent 5 years. To identify a high risk subgroup in the BRHS a new approach has been the use of ultrasound to study arterial wall thickening, presence or absence of plaques and plaque type, to try and increase the predictive value of the BRHS Score.

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