Carotid Plaque Length to Predict Cardiovascular Events

Naval Military Medical University

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Coronary Artery Disease

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05409209

CPLi-2017

Details and patient eligibility

About

This multicenter study involved 5 hospitals (Changhai Hospital; Yueyang Hospital of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine; Gongli Hospital; Putuo Hospital of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine; No. 904 Hospital of the PLA Joint Logistics Support Force Wuxi). The study enrolled 3000 patients for suspected CAD who referred to coronary angiography from January 2017 through December 2018.

Full description

Patients with coronary artery disease who were confirmed by coronary angiography were eligible for the study. Carotid ultrasonography was performed before coronary angiography, and carotid intima-media thickness (IMT), maximum thickness and length of all plaques were measured.

Enrollment: 3,000 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients≥18 years old, those who underwent carotid ultrasonography and first coronary angiography simultaneously.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with known coronary artery disease, previous coronary or carotid revascularization, missing carotid ultrasound or coronary angiography results.

Trial design

3,000 participants in 1 patient group

Carotid plaque length

Description:

Patients underwent carotid ultrasonography and first coronary angiography simultaneously