Mrinalini Bhagawati, Sudip Paul, Laura Mantella, Amer M Johri, John R Laird, Inder M Singh, Rajesh Singh, Deepak Garg, Mostafa M Fouda, Narendra N Khanna, Riccardo Cau, Ajith Abraham, Mostafa Al-Maini, Esma R Isenovic, Aditya M Sharma, Jose Fernandes E Fernandes, Seemant Chaturvedi, Mannudeep K Karla, Andrew Nicolaides, Luca Saba, Jasjit S Suri
The quantification of carotid plaque has been routinely used to predict cardiovascular risk in cardiovascular disease (CVD) and coronary artery disease (CAD). To determine how well carotid plaque features predict the likelihood of CAD and cardiovascular (CV) events using deep learning (DL) and compare against the machine learning (ML) paradigm. The participants in this study consisted of 459 individuals who had undergone coronary angiography, contrast-enhanced ultrasonography, and focused carotid B-mode ultrasound...
April 28, 2024: International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging