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- Title
Carotid plaque rather than intima-media thickness as a predictor of recurrent vascular events in patients with acute ischemic stroke.
- Authors
Hyun Ju Yoon; Kye Hun Kim; Park, Hyukjin; Jae Yeong Cho; Young Joon Hong; Park, Hyung Wook; Ju Han Kim; Youngkeun Ahn; Myung Ho Jeong; Jeong Gwan Cho; Park, Jong Chun; Yoon, Hyun Ju; Kim, Kye Hun; Cho, Jae Yeong; Hong, Young Joon; Kim, Ju Han; Ahn, Youngkeun; Jeong, Myung Ho; Cho, Jeong Gwan
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>To investigate the impacts of carotid plaque and intima-media thickness (IMT) on future vascular events (VEs) in the patients with acute ischemic stroke.<bold>Methods: </bold>A total of 479 consecutive Korean patients with acute ischemic stroke were divided into 2 groups according to development of VEs; VE group (65.4 ± 10.9 years) vs no VE group (62.8 ± 13.2 years). VEs were defined as the development of recurrent stroke, coronary events, peripheral arterial disease, and death. Clinical, laboratory, and imaging findings were compared between the groups.<bold>Results: </bold>During 105.5 ± 29.0 months of follow up, VEs were developed in 142 patients (29.6%). In univariate analysis, VEs were significantly associated with age, gender, diabetes, renal function, lipid levels, left ventricular function, carotid plaque or IMT. In multivariate analysis, the presence of carotid plaque, diabetes, renal function and male gender were independent predictors of future VEs in the patients with ischemic stroke, but carotid IMT was not a predictor of future VEs. Event free survival was significantly lower in patients with carotid plaque than without carotid plaque on Kaplan-Meier analysis (log rank p < 0.001).<bold>Conclusion: </bold>The present study demonstrated that diabetes, impaired renal function, male gender, and the presence of carotid plaque rather than IMT were independent predictors of future VEs in Korean patients with acute ischemic stroke. Active medical management and careful monitoring for the development of recurrent VEs are strongly recommended in patients with acute ischemic stroke and carotid plaque.
- Subjects
ISCHEMIA; IMAGING systems; CAROTID artery diseases; UNIVARIATE analysis; MULTIVARIATE analysis; PATIENTS
- Publication
Cardiovascular Ultrasound, 2017, Vol 15, p1
- ISSN
1476-7120
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1186/s12947-017-0110-y