@article{0a6b154af1904086a8674d608ad0f833,
title = "Recommendations for the Assessment of Carotid Arterial Plaque by Ultrasound for the Characterization of Atherosclerosis and Evaluation of Cardiovascular Risk: From the American Society of Echocardiography",
abstract = "Atherosclerotic plaque detection by carotid ultrasound provides cardiovascular disease risk stratification. The advantages and disadvantages of two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound methods for carotid arterial plaque quantification are reviewed. Advanced and emerging methods of carotid arterial plaque activity and composition analysis by ultrasound are considered. Recommendations for the standardization of focused 2D and 3D carotid arterial plaque ultrasound image acquisition and measurement for the purpose of cardiovascular disease stratification are formulated. Potential clinical application towards cardiovascular risk stratification of recommended focused carotid arterial plaque quantification approaches are summarized.",
keywords = "Atherosclerosis, Carotid plaque, Risk stratification",
author = "Johri, {Amer M.} and Vijay Nambi and Naqvi, {Tasneem Z.} and Feinstein, {Steven B.} and Kim, {Esther S.H.} and Park, {Margaret M.} and Harald Becher and Henrik Sillesen",
note = "Funding Information: The following authors reported relationships with one or more commercial interests: Harald Becher, MD, PhD has received research grants from Bracco Imaging, Siemens, and Philips, honorarium for lectures at Bracco sponsored workshops, honorarium for textbooks from Springer/Nature and Oxford University Press, and has been a member of the scientific advisory board for Ultromics. Steven B. Feinstein, MD, has been a scientific advisor to DIA Imaging and a stockholder of SonoGene (biotech company). Vijay Nambi, MD, FASE, has a provisional patent filed with Baylor and Roche on use of biomarkers in prediction of heart failure, and was an event adjudicator for a study sponsored by Siemens. Tasneem Z. Naqvi, MD, FASE, has served as a consultant to Cordex and St. Jude Medical. Margaret M. Park, ACS, RDCS, RVT, FSDMS, FASE, has served on the speaker's bureau for Lantheus Medical Imaging and was a previous speaker and instructor for Northwest Imaging Solutions and Bracco. Henrik Sillesen, MD, DMSc has received honoraria from Philips, Amgen, and Novo Nordisk. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 American Society of Echocardiography",
year = "2020",
month = aug,
doi = "10.1016/j.echo.2020.04.021",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "33",
pages = "917--933",
journal = "Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography",
issn = "0894-7317",
publisher = "Mosby Inc.",
number = "8",
}