Aortic & peripheral vascular diseaseGuideline or statement

Carotid Plaque-RADS

JACC Cardiovasc ImagingPublished

  • Expert consensus statement
  • multimodality

Recommendations

As issued by the authors

  1. Plaque-RADS score: morphological assessment in addition to stenosis, from grade 1 (complete absence of plaque) to grade 4 (complicated plaque)

  2. Applicable across imaging modalities: ultrasound, CT and MRI

Original publication

Carotid Plaque-RADS. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. Published 11 October 2023. doi:10.1016/j.jcmg.2023.09.005

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