Three-Dimensional Carotid Ultrasound Plaque Texture Predicts Vascular Events

摘要: Background and Purpose—Carotid ultrasound atherosclerosis measurements, including those of the arterial wall plaque, provide a way to monitor patients at risk vascular events. Our objective was examine carotid plaque texture measurements change in during 1 year events compare these with volume other factors as predictors Methods—We evaluated 298 using 3-dimensional (3D) baseline after measured 376 measures texture. Patients were followed up 5 years (median [range], 3.12 [0.77–4.66]) for myocardial infarction, transient ischemic attack, stroke. Sparse Cox regression used select most predictive independent training sets 10-fold cross-validation, repeated 5×, ensure unbiased results. Results—Receiver operator curves ...