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Aims<\/strong> \u2014 Stress echocardiography (SE), though widely accessible, has some limitations in its diagnostic test characteristics for predicting major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs). Carotid plaque score provides direct detection of subclinical atherosclerosis and can be integrated into the stress protocol. The aim of our study was to assess the value of adding a carotid plaque score to SE to enhance the test diagnostics for predicting MACE in low-intermediate-risk patients.<\/p>\n

Methods and results<\/strong> \u2014 Patients aged 40\u201375 years referred for SE received a carotid ultrasound and were followed for 5-year MACE. Hard MACE was defined as a composite of cardiovascular death, non-fatal stroke or myocardial infarction, and emergency coronary revascularization. Soft MACE included non-emergency coronary revascularization. Patients aged >75 years, on a statin, with previously known vascular disease, a history of stroke, myocardial infarction, vascular intervention, or a resting wall motion abnormality on a baseline echo were excluded. Administrative data holdings housed at the Institute of Clinical Evaluative Sciences, ICES, were used for event follow-up. Of the 2588 patients, there were 49 cumulative incidence hard MACE and 119 soft MACE. Carotid plaque score improved the sensitivity of SE for predicting 1- and 5-year MACE. A plaque score threshold value of \u22652 provided clear differentiation of patients who experienced MACE in both positive and non-positive (negative\/inconclusive for ischaemia) SE results.<\/p>\n

Conclusion<\/strong> \u2014 Plaque score enhances diagnostic test characteristics of SE. The combination of carotid ultrasound with SE is an important new tool for cardiovascular risk assessment. This simple tool may help differentiate risk in patients with non-positive SE results.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Aims \u2014 Stress echocardiography (SE), though widely accessible, has some limitations in its diagnostic test characteristics for predicting major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs). Carotid plaque score provides direct detection of subclinical atherosclerosis and can be integrated into the stress protocol. The aim of our study was to assess the value of adding a carotid plaque […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","migration-helper-automated":[],"migration-manual":[],"topic":[40,35],"migration-helper-qa-sample-set":[],"class_list":["post-22001","journal_article","type-journal_article","status-publish","hentry","topic-cardiovascular-disease","topic-public-health"],"acf":{"citation":"Matangi MF, H\u00e9tu MF, Armstrong DWJ, Shellenberger J, Brouillard D, Baker J, Johnson A, Willms H, Johri AM. 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