ABSTRACT
Objective To evaluate the clinical value of ultrasonography in the diagnosis of carotid plaque neovascularization .Methods 32 patients with carotid artery plaques diagnosed by conventional ultrasonography were enrolled.The patients were followed up for contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) and ultrasonography micro-vascular imaging(SMI),and the results of the two-dimensional detection of carotid plaque and plaque neovasculariza-tion were compared .Results A total of 63 plaques were detected by SMI , including 39 hypoechoic plaques , 19 episodes of echo patches ,58 of plaques ,and 17 hypoechoic plaques .The diagnostic rate of neovascularization was 10.34％.Among the 113 carotid plaques,48 carotid plaques were detected by SMI ,46 carotid plaques were detected by CEUS.The distribution of neovascularization was similar to that of CEUS ,and the neovascularization of SMI and CEUS was better(Kappa=0.669,P<0.001).Conclusion For the diagnosis of carotid plaques ,ultrasonography can accurately detect the number , location and neovascularization of plaques , and the accuracy of carotid plaques is effective.It provides a radiographic basis for the diagnosis and early intervention of patients ,which has great signifi-cance to the prevention of stroke and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular adverse events .It is worthy of popularizing and application .