CALOGERO PRESTI
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Instituto Central, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina - Médico
LIM/02 - Laboratório de Anatomia Médico-Cirúrgica, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
LIM/02 - Laboratório de Anatomia Médico-Cirúrgica, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
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- Carotid Plaque Morphology in Asymptomatic Patients with and without Metabolic Syndrome(2017) CURY, Marcus Vinicius Martins; PRESTI, Calogero; BONADIMAN, Suellen Stevam Timotheo; CASELLA, Ivan Benaduce; BENABOU, Joseph Elias; SILVA, Erasmo Simao da; LUCCIA, Nelson de; PUECH-LEAO, PedroBackground: The aim of this study was to determine the impact of metabolic syndrome (MetS) on the morphology of carotid plaques, as evaluated using duplex ultrasound (DUS) with computer-assisted analysis. Methods: In this cross-sectional observational study, we analyzed 148 carotid artery plaques in asymptomatic patients. Data were obtained via clinical and laboratory examinations, and DUS was performed by a single operator. All plaques were scanned in a longitudinal fashion, and the best segment was selected, recorded, and evaluated using dedicated software. The main software-based analyses included gray-scale median (GSM) measurements and carotid plaque morphology histograms. Results: MetS was identified in 51.8% of patients. Comparisons of patients with MetS and patients without MetS indicated that the former patients used more classes of antihypertensive drugs (2.49 vs. 1.93; P = 0.004) and were treated with statins for a longer period (71.08 vs. 49.17 months; P = 0.003). Most patients of both types exhibited moderate carotid artery stenosis ranging from 50% to 69% (n = 62; 37.3%), and MetS was not associated with an increased prevalence of severe carotid artery stenosis. The mean GSM was greater in the MetS group than in the non-MetS group (74.18 vs. 61.63; P = 0.012). The histogram analysis revealed that there were lower quantities of blood and fat (2.91 vs. 3.88; P = 0.006; 10.21 vs. 15.08; P = 0.004, respectively) and more fibrous tissue (19.93 vs. 14.55; P = 0.015) in the carotid plaques of patients with MetS than in the carotid plaques of patients without MetS. Conclusions: The present study demonstrated that MetS did not affect the stenosis grade or did it lead to unstable carotid plaques.
bookPart Trauma Vascular(2013) AUN, Ricardo; SILVA, Erasmo Simão da; PRESTI, Calógero; MIOTO NETTO, Boulanger