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There were different grades of stenosis in different plaques.
> Table 2 shows the volume of the plaque and the contribution of the plaque components for the different grades of stenosis.
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Current imaging techniques focuses on the detection of stenosis, grading of stenosis and evaluation of perfusion abnormalities distal to the stenosis.
Grading of stenosis has been long used as the main factor for risk stratification and guiding of management.
MDCTA constitutes a valuable modality for the evaluation of carotid disease, with accurate grading of stenosis and fewer complications compared to DSA [7, 12].
In a study comparing MDCTA, MRA and DSA, it was concluded that both MDCTA and MRA may replace DSA for accurate grading of stenosis.
Beyond grading of stenosis with widely accepted velocity criteria [9], US is valuable in evaluating the plaque's echogenicity and surface characteristics [10].
If blood pool agents were used, then CE-MRA was found superior to MDCTA both for grading of stenosis and characterisation of plaque morphology [113].
The stump pressure was significantly lower in patients with high end-diastolic blood flow velocities in spite of the fact that the mean angiographic grade of stenosis did not differ significantly between the groups.
This recommendation is supported by the higher predictive power of the CTA area-based method for the correct classification of stenosis and a lack of a significant average difference in the grading of stenosis in all patients and in the group of surgical stenosis in relation to CDUS.
Grading of stenosis was performed according to the good-quality criteria recommended by the Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound Consensus Conference in 2003, with peak systolic velocity (PSV) of 125 cm/s as a threshold for 50% stenosis and 230 cm/s for 70% stenosis [4].
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