Ultrasonographic frequency of complex aortic plaques in patients with atrial fibrillation
Atilla Bulut, Fadime Koca, Yurdaer Donmez, Hilmi Erdem Sumbul, Mustafa Lütfullah Ardıç, Mevlut Koc · 2026
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Description
Bulut and co-authors scanned the abdominal aortas of 748 patients with atrial fibrillation, hunting complex plaques whose presence feeds directly into the standard stroke-risk score. Their 2026 ultrasound study split the cohort by whether complex aortic plaque appeared in the belly segment, a site rarely checked compared with the chest.
Plaques turned up in 106 patients, 14.2% of the cohort, and those patients were older with higher risk scores and more cardiovascular baggage; regression tied plaque independently to age, the CHA₂DS₂-VA score itself, and hypertension. Roughly 2% of patients had plaque as their only score component, meaning the scan alone changed their risk category. Cutoffs of 65 years and a score of 3 best identified plaque carriers, and the authors endorse the cheap, radiation-free scan for routine risk refinement.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Atilla Bulut, Fadime Koca, Yurdaer Donmez, Hilmi Erdem Sumbul, Mustafa Lütfullah Ardıç, Mevlut Koc |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 29 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |