IMAGING SCIENCE AND PHOTOCHEMISTRY ›› 2022, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (3): 636-640.DOI: 10.7517/issn.1674-0475.211211

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Study of Carotid Atherosclerotic Plaque in Stroke Patients with T2DM by MRI

ZHOU Yue1, QI Enlin2, LV Shiying3, JIANG Lijie1   

  1. 1. Department of Radiology, Hengshui People's Hospital, Hengshui 053000, Hebei, P. R. China;
    2. Department of Ultrasound, Hengshui People's Hospital, Hengshui 053000, Hebei, P. R. China;
    3. Department of Radiology, Shijiazhuang People's Hospital, Shijiazhuang 050000, Hebei, P. R. China
  • Received:2021-12-20 Online:2022-05-15 Published:2022-05-27

Abstract: This study explored stroke patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), the value of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in evaluating carotid atherosclerotic plaque. 81 stroke patients with T2DM (observation group) and 90 stroke patients without T2DM (control group) were selected, the MRI Classification of carotid plaque and so on between the two groups were compared. The proportion of Carotid Plaque MRI types Ⅳ-Ⅴ and Ⅵ, total vessel area (TVA), wall area (WA), Normal Wall Index (NWI), degree of carotid stenosis and fibrinogen (Fib) in the observation group were significantly higher than those in the control group (P<0.05), the proportion of type Ⅲ was significantly lower than that in the control group (P<0.05). MRI has good application value in the analysis of plaque composition and quantitative measurement of carotid artery wall, especially when the carotid atherosclerosis of stroke patients with T2DM is severe.

Key words: magnetic resonance imaging, stroke, type 2 diabetes, carotid atherosclerosis