BACKGROUND： Carotid artery is the main source for craniocerebral blood supply. Its intimal plaque formation and arterial stenosis degree both are the risk factors for ischemic cerebrovascular disease.Therefore, the c...BACKGROUND： Carotid artery is the main source for craniocerebral blood supply. Its intimal plaque formation and arterial stenosis degree both are the risk factors for ischemic cerebrovascular disease.Therefore, the close relationship of carotid atherosclerotic plaque and ischemic cerebrovascular disease, and ultrasound evaluation of carotid atherosclerotic plaque have become the hot spot in studying ischemic cerebrovascular disease.OBJECTIVE： This study was to detect the degree of carotid atherosclerosis of ischemic cerebrovascular disease patients by ultrasonography, and to analyze the situation of carotid atherosclerosis and its relationship with clinic.DESIGN： Clinical randomized concurrent control experiment.SETTING： Lintong Convalescent Hospital of Lanzhou Military Area Command of Chinese PLA.PARTICIPANTS： Totally 60 outpatients and inpatients with ischemic cerebrovascular disease, 42 males and 18 females, admitted to Lintong Convalescent Hospital of Lanzhou Military Area Command of Chinese PLA between January 2006 and December 2006 were involved in the patient group. They met the diagnosis criteria of ischemic cerebrovascular disease constituted by the 4th Cerebrovascular Disease Conference in 1996, and were confirmed to suffer from ischemic cerebrovascular disease by skull CT and MRI. Another 20 subjects who received healthy examination concurrently in the same hospital, 12 males and 8 females, were involved in the control group. Informed consents of detected items were obtained from involved subjects.METHODS： The plaque thickness of mid portion, distal end and crotch of common carotid artery （CCA）,internal carotid artery （ICA）, external carotid artery （ECA） and vertebral artery （VA） of involved subjects,who received health examination was separately detected with color Doppler ultrasonograph （HDI-5000）.Then, total integral of plaque was calculated. The intima-media thickness （IMT） was measured with two-dimensional ultrasonography. The inner diameter stenosis degree of subjects who had plaque was measured. Blood flow parameters were recorded, and stenosis degree and plaque area were calculated. Blood flow volume of bilateral carotid artery and VA was separately measured with ultrasound equipment software,and brain blood flow volume was calculated.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES： Atherosclerotic degree and blood flow volume of patients of two groups.RESULTS： Sixty patients with ischemic cerebrovascular disease and twenty subjects who received health examination participated in the final analysis. ①The IMT thickness, total plaque score, and total plaque area of patient group was significantly superior to that of control group, respectively（ t=5.216 - 10.158, P 〈 0.05 ）.② There were significant differences in the stenosis degree of CCA, ICA and VA between patient group and control group （t=6.720 - 12.816, P 〈 0.05 ） . ③ The blood flow volume of CCA, ICA, VA and brain of patient group was significantly lower than that of control group, respectively （t=2.872 - 10.860, P 〈 0.05）.CONCLUSION： Ischemic cerebrovascular disease patients have different degrees of changes in atherosclerosis and arterial blood flow.展开更多
目的通过构建并验证中老年人群颈动脉斑块的预测模型及对应用价值探讨。方法回顾性收集2017—2019年于上海交通大学医学院附属仁济医院内分泌科门诊完成颈动脉超声检查患者的临床资料,性别不限,年龄≥45岁。共纳入1416例样本,训练集993...目的通过构建并验证中老年人群颈动脉斑块的预测模型及对应用价值探讨。方法回顾性收集2017—2019年于上海交通大学医学院附属仁济医院内分泌科门诊完成颈动脉超声检查患者的临床资料,性别不限,年龄≥45岁。共纳入1416例样本,训练集993例,验证集423例。按照7∶3的比例随机分为训练集和验证集,在训练集中比较颈动脉斑块组与非颈动脉斑块组各临床指标差异,并将特征指标变量采用多因素Logistic回归分析确定颈动脉斑块发生的独立危险素,依次构建中老年人群颈动脉斑块发生风险的可视化列线图模型。通过校准曲线和受试者操作特征曲线(receiver operator characteristic curve,ROC曲线)验证模型的区分度、一致性和准确性,最后采用决策曲线分析法确定模型的临床实用性,并通过外部验证进行评估。结果最终本研究纳入1416例患者,有483例(34.11%)有颈动脉斑块。多因素Logistic回归分析结果显示,年龄、收缩压、γ-谷氨酰转肽酶、糖化血红蛋白是颈动脉斑块发生的危险因素,而相较于男性,女性是颈动脉斑块发生的保护因素。依此构建可视化列线图模型,训练集ROC曲线下面积(area under the curve,AUC)为0.75(95%CI:0.72~0.78),验证集ROC曲线的AUC为0.71(95%CI:0.66~0.76)。训练集与验证集校准曲线Hosmer-Lemeshow拟合优度检验显示P值均>0.05(训练集P=0.7501,验证集P=0.9872)。决策曲线结果显示预测模型在训练集和验证集的阈值概率分别为5%~98%和1%~81%。结论基于指标(性别、年龄、收缩压、谷氨酰转肽酶、糖化血红蛋白),成功建立了中老年人群颈动脉斑块发生风险的预测模型,该模型预测效能较好,可用于社区或者农村等偏远地区居民普查,有助于颈动脉斑块的早期识别,进而改善预后。展开更多
Objective To analyze the correlation of autophagylevel and carotid plaque of ischemic cerebrovascular disease,so as to provide data evidence to its pathomechanism.Methods 127 patients with ischemic cerebrovascular dis...Objective To analyze the correlation of autophagylevel and carotid plaque of ischemic cerebrovascular disease,so as to provide data evidence to its pathomechanism.Methods 127 patients with ischemic cerebrovascular disease were divided into 3 groups according to carotid plague scores.The count and degree of cranial artery stenosis were observed with digital subtraction angiogra-展开更多
Background:Asymptomatic coronary artery stenosis(ACAS)≥50%is common in patients with acute ischemic cerebrovascular disease(AICVD),which portends a poor cardiovascular and cerebrovascular prognosis.Identifying ACAS&g...Background:Asymptomatic coronary artery stenosis(ACAS)≥50%is common in patients with acute ischemic cerebrovascular disease(AICVD),which portends a poor cardiovascular and cerebrovascular prognosis.Identifying ACAS>50%early may optimize the clinical management and improve the outcomes of these high-risk AICVD patients.This study aimed to investigate whether aortic arch plaque(AAP),an early atherosclerotic manifestation of brain blood-supplying arteries,could be a predictor for ACAS>50%in AICVD.Methods:In this cross-sectional study,atherosclerosis of the coronary and brain blood-supplying arteries was simultaneously evaluated using one-step computed tomography angiography(CTA)in AICVD patients without coronary artery disease history.The patients were divided into ACAS≥50%and non-ACAS≥50%groups according to whether CTA showed stenosis≥50%in at least one coronary arterial segment.The AAP characteristics of CTA were depicted from aspects of thickness,extent,and complexity.Results:Among 118 analyzed patients with AICVD,29/118(24.6%)patients had ACAS≥50%,while AAPs were observed in 86/118(72.9%)patients.Increased AAP thickness per millimeter(adjusted odds ratio[OR]:1.56,95%confidence interval[CI]:1.18-2.05),severe-extent AAP(adjusted OR:13.66,95%CI:2.33-80.15),and presence of complex AAP(adjusted OR:7.27,95%CI:2.30-23.03)were associated with ACAS≥50%among patients with AICVD,independently of clinical demographics and cervicocephalic atherosclerotic stenosis.The combination of AAP thickness,extent,and complexity predicted ACAS≥50%with an area under the receiver-operating characteristic curve of 0.78(95%CI:0.70-0.85,P<0.001).All three AAP characteristics provided additional predictive power beyond cervical and intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis for ACAS≥50%in AICVD(all P<0.05).Conclusions:Thicker,severe-extent,and complex AAP were significant markers of the concomitant ACAS≥50%in AICVD,possibly superior to the indicative value of cervical and intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis.As an integral part of atherosclerosis of brain blood-supplying arteries,AAP should not be overlooked in predicting ACAS≥50%for patients with AICVD.展开更多
Objective To access the correlations between characteristics of carotid plaque in MRI and ischemic stroke in patients with≤50%carotid artery stenosis.Methods A total of 43 patients with≤50%carotid artery stenosis we...Objective To access the correlations between characteristics of carotid plaque in MRI and ischemic stroke in patients with≤50%carotid artery stenosis.Methods A total of 43 patients with≤50%carotid artery stenosis were selected for ultrasound from September 2014 to February 2016.A further test using magnetic resonance(MR)black blood imaging examination were carried out to distinguish the anatomy of the vessel as well the composition of the atherosclerotic plaque with remarkable details.The relationship between carotid plaque characteristics in MRI and other risk factors of patients with ischemic stroke was analyzed by univariate and multivariate analysis.Results The mean follow-up time was 11.8 months.During the follow-up period,4 of the 43 individuals experienced an ipsilateral ischemic stroke.Kaplan-Meier survival analysis showed the mean ischemic stroke free survival of patients with coronary heart disease(CHD)was significantly shorter than that in patients without CHD,which were 12.1 months and 18.7 months respectively(P=0.029).The mean ischemic stroke free survival of patients with intra-plaque hemorrhage(IPH)was significantly shorter than that in patients without IPH,which were 14.3 months and 18.6 months respectively(P=0.001).COX regression analysis showed that coronary heart disease(HR=27.4;95%CI,1.6-464.3;P=0.022)and IPH(HR=18.2;95%CI,2.7-123.3;P=0.003)were independent risk factors for ischemic stroke.Conclusion For patients with carotid artery stenosis≤50%,IPH of carotid plaques and CHD are independent risk factors for ischemic stroke.展开更多
文摘BACKGROUND： Carotid artery is the main source for craniocerebral blood supply. Its intimal plaque formation and arterial stenosis degree both are the risk factors for ischemic cerebrovascular disease.Therefore, the close relationship of carotid atherosclerotic plaque and ischemic cerebrovascular disease, and ultrasound evaluation of carotid atherosclerotic plaque have become the hot spot in studying ischemic cerebrovascular disease.OBJECTIVE： This study was to detect the degree of carotid atherosclerosis of ischemic cerebrovascular disease patients by ultrasonography, and to analyze the situation of carotid atherosclerosis and its relationship with clinic.DESIGN： Clinical randomized concurrent control experiment.SETTING： Lintong Convalescent Hospital of Lanzhou Military Area Command of Chinese PLA.PARTICIPANTS： Totally 60 outpatients and inpatients with ischemic cerebrovascular disease, 42 males and 18 females, admitted to Lintong Convalescent Hospital of Lanzhou Military Area Command of Chinese PLA between January 2006 and December 2006 were involved in the patient group. They met the diagnosis criteria of ischemic cerebrovascular disease constituted by the 4th Cerebrovascular Disease Conference in 1996, and were confirmed to suffer from ischemic cerebrovascular disease by skull CT and MRI. Another 20 subjects who received healthy examination concurrently in the same hospital, 12 males and 8 females, were involved in the control group. Informed consents of detected items were obtained from involved subjects.METHODS： The plaque thickness of mid portion, distal end and crotch of common carotid artery （CCA）,internal carotid artery （ICA）, external carotid artery （ECA） and vertebral artery （VA） of involved subjects,who received health examination was separately detected with color Doppler ultrasonograph （HDI-5000）.Then, total integral of plaque was calculated. The intima-media thickness （IMT） was measured with two-dimensional ultrasonography. The inner diameter stenosis degree of subjects who had plaque was measured. Blood flow parameters were recorded, and stenosis degree and plaque area were calculated. Blood flow volume of bilateral carotid artery and VA was separately measured with ultrasound equipment software,and brain blood flow volume was calculated.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES： Atherosclerotic degree and blood flow volume of patients of two groups.RESULTS： Sixty patients with ischemic cerebrovascular disease and twenty subjects who received health examination participated in the final analysis. ①The IMT thickness, total plaque score, and total plaque area of patient group was significantly superior to that of control group, respectively（ t=5.216 - 10.158, P 〈 0.05 ）.② There were significant differences in the stenosis degree of CCA, ICA and VA between patient group and control group （t=6.720 - 12.816, P 〈 0.05 ） . ③ The blood flow volume of CCA, ICA, VA and brain of patient group was significantly lower than that of control group, respectively （t=2.872 - 10.860, P 〈 0.05）.CONCLUSION： Ischemic cerebrovascular disease patients have different degrees of changes in atherosclerosis and arterial blood flow.
文摘目的通过构建并验证中老年人群颈动脉斑块的预测模型及对应用价值探讨。方法回顾性收集2017—2019年于上海交通大学医学院附属仁济医院内分泌科门诊完成颈动脉超声检查患者的临床资料,性别不限,年龄≥45岁。共纳入1416例样本,训练集993例,验证集423例。按照7∶3的比例随机分为训练集和验证集,在训练集中比较颈动脉斑块组与非颈动脉斑块组各临床指标差异,并将特征指标变量采用多因素Logistic回归分析确定颈动脉斑块发生的独立危险素,依次构建中老年人群颈动脉斑块发生风险的可视化列线图模型。通过校准曲线和受试者操作特征曲线(receiver operator characteristic curve,ROC曲线)验证模型的区分度、一致性和准确性,最后采用决策曲线分析法确定模型的临床实用性,并通过外部验证进行评估。结果最终本研究纳入1416例患者,有483例(34.11%)有颈动脉斑块。多因素Logistic回归分析结果显示,年龄、收缩压、γ-谷氨酰转肽酶、糖化血红蛋白是颈动脉斑块发生的危险因素,而相较于男性,女性是颈动脉斑块发生的保护因素。依此构建可视化列线图模型,训练集ROC曲线下面积(area under the curve,AUC)为0.75(95%CI:0.72~0.78),验证集ROC曲线的AUC为0.71(95%CI:0.66~0.76)。训练集与验证集校准曲线Hosmer-Lemeshow拟合优度检验显示P值均>0.05(训练集P=0.7501,验证集P=0.9872)。决策曲线结果显示预测模型在训练集和验证集的阈值概率分别为5%~98%和1%~81%。结论基于指标(性别、年龄、收缩压、谷氨酰转肽酶、糖化血红蛋白),成功建立了中老年人群颈动脉斑块发生风险的预测模型,该模型预测效能较好,可用于社区或者农村等偏远地区居民普查,有助于颈动脉斑块的早期识别,进而改善预后。
文摘Objective To analyze the correlation of autophagylevel and carotid plaque of ischemic cerebrovascular disease,so as to provide data evidence to its pathomechanism.Methods 127 patients with ischemic cerebrovascular disease were divided into 3 groups according to carotid plague scores.The count and degree of cranial artery stenosis were observed with digital subtraction angiogra-
基金Beijing Municipal Administration of Hospitals Clinical Medicine Development of Special Funding Support(No.ZYLX201706)Beijing Municipal Natural Science Foundation(No.7172093).
文摘Background:Asymptomatic coronary artery stenosis(ACAS)≥50%is common in patients with acute ischemic cerebrovascular disease(AICVD),which portends a poor cardiovascular and cerebrovascular prognosis.Identifying ACAS>50%early may optimize the clinical management and improve the outcomes of these high-risk AICVD patients.This study aimed to investigate whether aortic arch plaque(AAP),an early atherosclerotic manifestation of brain blood-supplying arteries,could be a predictor for ACAS>50%in AICVD.Methods:In this cross-sectional study,atherosclerosis of the coronary and brain blood-supplying arteries was simultaneously evaluated using one-step computed tomography angiography(CTA)in AICVD patients without coronary artery disease history.The patients were divided into ACAS≥50%and non-ACAS≥50%groups according to whether CTA showed stenosis≥50%in at least one coronary arterial segment.The AAP characteristics of CTA were depicted from aspects of thickness,extent,and complexity.Results:Among 118 analyzed patients with AICVD,29/118(24.6%)patients had ACAS≥50%,while AAPs were observed in 86/118(72.9%)patients.Increased AAP thickness per millimeter(adjusted odds ratio[OR]:1.56,95%confidence interval[CI]:1.18-2.05),severe-extent AAP(adjusted OR:13.66,95%CI:2.33-80.15),and presence of complex AAP(adjusted OR:7.27,95%CI:2.30-23.03)were associated with ACAS≥50%among patients with AICVD,independently of clinical demographics and cervicocephalic atherosclerotic stenosis.The combination of AAP thickness,extent,and complexity predicted ACAS≥50%with an area under the receiver-operating characteristic curve of 0.78(95%CI:0.70-0.85,P<0.001).All three AAP characteristics provided additional predictive power beyond cervical and intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis for ACAS≥50%in AICVD(all P<0.05).Conclusions:Thicker,severe-extent,and complex AAP were significant markers of the concomitant ACAS≥50%in AICVD,possibly superior to the indicative value of cervical and intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis.As an integral part of atherosclerosis of brain blood-supplying arteries,AAP should not be overlooked in predicting ACAS≥50%for patients with AICVD.
文摘Objective To access the correlations between characteristics of carotid plaque in MRI and ischemic stroke in patients with≤50%carotid artery stenosis.Methods A total of 43 patients with≤50%carotid artery stenosis were selected for ultrasound from September 2014 to February 2016.A further test using magnetic resonance(MR)black blood imaging examination were carried out to distinguish the anatomy of the vessel as well the composition of the atherosclerotic plaque with remarkable details.The relationship between carotid plaque characteristics in MRI and other risk factors of patients with ischemic stroke was analyzed by univariate and multivariate analysis.Results The mean follow-up time was 11.8 months.During the follow-up period,4 of the 43 individuals experienced an ipsilateral ischemic stroke.Kaplan-Meier survival analysis showed the mean ischemic stroke free survival of patients with coronary heart disease(CHD)was significantly shorter than that in patients without CHD,which were 12.1 months and 18.7 months respectively(P=0.029).The mean ischemic stroke free survival of patients with intra-plaque hemorrhage(IPH)was significantly shorter than that in patients without IPH,which were 14.3 months and 18.6 months respectively(P=0.001).COX regression analysis showed that coronary heart disease(HR=27.4;95%CI,1.6-464.3;P=0.022)and IPH(HR=18.2;95%CI,2.7-123.3;P=0.003)were independent risk factors for ischemic stroke.Conclusion For patients with carotid artery stenosis≤50%,IPH of carotid plaques and CHD are independent risk factors for ischemic stroke.
