Comparison between Carotid Artery Wall Thickness Measured by Multidetector Row Computed Tomography Angiography and Intimae-Media Thickness Measured by Sonography
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Vesna Skodric-Trifunovic; Milan D. Brajović; D. Mladenović; Ivan Soldatovic; Aleksandra M. Pavlović; Živorad N. Savić
- Source
- The Scientific World Journal, Vol 11, Pp 1582-1590 (2011)
The Scientific World Journal
- Subject
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Article Subject
Carotid arteries
lcsh:Medicine
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
Carotid Intima-Media Thickness
lcsh:Technology
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Standard deviation
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
medicine.artery
Multidetector Computed Tomography
medicine
Humans
Carotid Stenosis
Common carotid artery
Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color
lcsh:Science
Aged
General Environmental Science
Computed tomography angiography
Aged, 80 and over
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
lcsh:T
Limits of agreement
lcsh:R
Reproducibility of Results
General Medicine
Middle Aged
Carotid Arteries
Mann–Whitney U test
Female
lcsh:Q
Radiology
Wall thickness
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Student's t-test
Research Article
- Language
- English
The increased thickness of the carotid wall >1 mm is a significant predictor of coronary and cerebrovascular diseases. The purpose of our study was to assess the agreement between multidetector row computed tomography angiography (MDCTA) in measuring carotid artery wall thickness (CAWT) and color Doppler ultrasound (CD-US) in measuring intimae-media thickness (IMT). Eighty-nine patients (aged 35–81) were prospectively analyzed using a 64-detector MDCTA and a CD-US scanner. Continuous data were described as the mean value ± standard deviation, and were compared using the Mann–Whitney U test. A p value p < 0.01] obtained by paired T test), and limits of agreement from 0.04 to 0.104. Pearson correlation coefficient was 0.9997 (95% CI 0.9996–0.9998; p < 0.01). We conclude that there is an excellent correlation between CAWT and IMT measurements obtained with the MDCTA and CD-US.