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Abstract #3832

MR Plaque Image: Prediction of the Complication Risk at Carotid Artery Stenting.

Masahiko Sakamoto1, Toshiaki Taoka1, Hiroyuki Nakagawa1, Ktsutoshi Takayama2, Takeshi Wada2, Kaoru Myouchin1, Toshiteru Miyasaka1, Toshiaki Akashi1, Kimihiko Kichikawa1

1Radiology, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan; 2Ishinkai Yao General Hospital


The purpose is to evaluate the carotid plaque component evaluated by MR plaque image as the finding to predict the complication risk at carotid artery stenting (CAS). Thirty-one carotid plaques of 30 patients were classified to stable and vulnerable groups and compared with the occurrence of slow flow phenomenon as indicator of embolic complication risk and there was significant difference (P<0.05) on chi-square test. The carotid plaque classified the composition as vulnerable by MR plaque image has the significant higher risk of slow flow phenomenon at CAS. The complication risk at CAS can be predicted by MR plaque image.