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Table 2 Morphology of the atherosclerotic plaque in Group I and Group II

From: Hypothesis of “stroke-stop” formula: a tool for risk index determination in development of acute cerebrovascular disease in asymptomatic individuals with carotid stenosis

 

Group I (sympt. n = 30)

Group II (asympt. n = 40)

Stenosis severity

Echolucent

Heterogeneous

Echogenic

Echolucent

Heterogeneous

Echogenic

< 60%

3 (10%)

4 (13.3%)

1 (3.3%)

–

–

–

60 ≥ x < 80%

6 (20%)

5 (16.7%)

3 (10.0%)

2 (5%)

5 (12.5%)

7 (17.5%)

x ≥ 80%

1 (3.3%)

3 (10%)

4 (13.3%)

6 (15%)

9 (22,5%)

11 (27.5%)

  1. Correlation of stenosis severity of echolucent plaque between Group I and Group II showed statistical significance with p-value 0.025, while statistical analysis of echogenic plaque showed none significance (p-value 0.352)
  2. Sympt symptomatic individuals with carotid stenosis, asympt asymptomatic individuals with carotid stenosis
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