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| العنوان: |
Coronary artery bypass grafting and perioperative stroke: imaging of atherosclerotic plaques in the ascending aorta with ungated high-pitch CT-angiography. |
| المؤلفون: |
Asenbaum, Ulrika, Nolz, Richard, Puchner, Stefan B., Schoster, Tobias, Baumann, Lukas, Furtner, Julia, Zimpfer, Daniel, Laufer, Guenther, Loewe, Christian, Sandner, Sigrid E. |
| المصدر: |
Scientific Reports; 8/17/2020, Vol. 10 Issue 1, pN.PAG-N.PAG, 1p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
CORONARY artery bypass, ATHEROSCLEROTIC plaque, ANGIOGRAPHY, COMPUTED tomography, IMAGE analysis |
| مستخلص: |
Perioperative stroke is a devastating complication after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, with atherosclerosis of the ascending aorta as important risk factor. During surgical manipulation, detachment of plaques can lead to consecutive embolization into brain-supplying arteries. High-pitch computed tomography angiography (HP-CTA) represents a non-invasive imaging modality, which provides the opportunity for comprehensive imaging of the ascending aorta, including plaque detection and advanced characterization. In our present retrospective study on 719 individuals, who had undergone HP-CTA within 6 months prior to CABG, atherosclerotic disease of the ascending aorta was evaluated with respect to perioperative stroke rates. For image analysis, the ascending aorta was divided into a proximal and distal part, consisting of four segments, and evaluated for presence and distribution of calcified and mixed plaques. All patients with perioperative stroke presented with atherosclerotic disease of the ascending aorta. The stroke rate was significantly associated with the presence and extent of atherosclerotic disease. Patients burdened with mixed plaques presented with significantly higher perioperative stroke rates. This study demonstrates that HP-CTA allows accurate evaluation of plaque extent and composition in the ascending aorta, and therefore may improve risk stratification of stroke prior to CABG. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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