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Data on consistency among different methods to assess atherosclerotic plaque echogenicity on standard ultrasound and intraplaque neovascularization on contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging in human carotid artery.
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Data on consistency among different methods to assess atherosclerotic plaque echogenicity on standard ultrasound and intraplaque neovascularization on contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging in human carotid artery.

  • Cattaneo M Hospital of San Giovanni, Department of Cardiology, Bellinzona, Switzerland.
  • Staub D University Hospital Basel, Department of Angiology, Basel, Switzerland.
  • Porretta AP Hospital of San Giovanni, Department of Cardiology, Bellinzona, Switzerland.
  • Gallino JM Hospital of San Giovanni, Department of Cardiology, Bellinzona, Switzerland.
  • Santini P Hospital of San Giovanni, Department of Radiology, Bellinzona, Switzerland.
  • Limoni C University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, Switzerland.
  • Wyttenbach R Hospital of San Giovanni, Department of Radiology, Bellinzona, Switzerland.
  • Gallino A Hospital of San Giovanni, Department of Cardiology, Bellinzona, Switzerland.
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  • 2016-10-19
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  • Data in brief. - 2016
Carotid atherosclerosis
Contrast enhanced ultrasound
Echogenicity
English Here we provide the correlation among different carotid ultrasound (US) variables to assess echogenicity n standard carotid US and to assess intraplaque neovascularization on contrast enhanced US. We recruited 45 consecutive subjects with an asymptomatic≥50% carotid artery stenosis. Carotid plaque echogenicity at standard US was visually graded according to Gray-Weale classification (GW) and measured by the greyscale median (GSM), a semi-automated computerized measurement performed by Adobe Photoshop®. On CEUS imaging IPNV was graded according to the visual appearance of contrast within the plaque according to three different methods: CEUS_A (1=absent; 2=present); CEUS_B a three-point scale (increasing IPNV from 1 to 3); CEUS_C a four-point scale (increasing IPNV from 0 to 3). We have also implemented a new simple quantification method derived from region of interest (ROI) signal intensity ratio as assessed by QLAB software. Further information is available in "Contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging of intraplaque neovascularization and its correlation to plaque echogenicity in human carotid arteries atherosclerosis (M. Cattaneo, D. Staub, A.P. Porretta, J.M. Gallino, P. Santini, C. Limoni et al., 2016) [1].
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