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Med."],"abstract":"<jats:sec><jats:title>Background<\/jats:title><jats:p>Although atherosclerosis (AS) can affect multiple vascular beds, previous studies have focused on the analysis of single-site AS plaques.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title><jats:p>The aim of this study is to explore the differences or similarities in the characteristics of atherosclerotic plaque found in the internal carotid artery, cerebral artery, and coronary artery between patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) and those without events.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Patients aged \u2265\u200918 years who underwent both high-resolution vessel wall imaging (HR-VWI) and coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) were retrospectively collected and categorized into the ASCVD group and the non-event group. The plaques were then categorized into culprit plaques, non-culprit plaques, and non-event plaques. Plaque morphological data such as stenosis, stenosis grades, plaque length (PL), plaque volume (PV), minimal lumen area (MLA), enhancement grade, and plaque composition data such as calcified plaque volume (CPV), fibrotic plaque volume (FPV), fibro-lipid plaque volume (FLPV), lipid plaque volume (LPV), calcified plaque volume ratio (CPR), fibrotic plaque volume ratio (FPR), fibro-lipid plaque ratio (FLPR), lipid plaque volume ratio (LPR), intraplaque hemorrhage volume (IPHV), and intraplaque hemorrhage volume ratio (IPHR)were recorded and analyzed.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>A total of 44 patients (mean age 66 years, SD 9 years, 28 men) were included. In cervicocephalic plaques, the ASCVD group had more severe stenosis grades (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.030) and demonstrated significant differences in LPV, LPR, and CPV (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.044, 0.030, 0.020) compared with the non-event group. In coronary plaques, the ASCVD group had plaques with greater stenosis (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001), more severe stenosis grades (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001), larger volumes (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.001), longer length (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.008), larger FLPV (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.012), larger FPV (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.002), and higher FPR (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.043) compared with the non-event group. There were significant differences observed in stenosis (HR-VWI, CCTA: <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001), stenosis grades (HR-VWI, CCTA: <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001), plaque length (HR-VWI, CCTA: <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.028, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001), and plaque volume (HR-VWI, CCTA: <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.013, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.018) between the non-event plaque, non-culprit plaque, and culprit plaque. In the image analysis of HR-VWI, there were differences observed between IPHR (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001), LPR (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.001), FPV (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.011), and CPV (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.015) among the three groups of plaques. FLPV and FPV were significantly different among the three different plaque types from the coronary artery (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.043, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.022).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>There is a consistent pattern of change in plaque characteristics between the cervicocephalic and coronary arteries in the same patient.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fcvm.2024.1320222","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,1,25]],"date-time":"2024-01-25T04:14:37Z","timestamp":1706156077000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["The value of coordinated analysis of multimodal atherosclerotic plaque imaging in the assessment of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular 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