Carotid Plaque Characteristics and Their Association with Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Coronary Atherosclerosis in a Middle-Aged Population
This study used state-of-the-art magnetic resonance imaging to characterize atherosclerotic plaques in the carotid arteries in middle-aged individuals without clinical cardiovascular disease, offering the following insight into early, subclinical atherosclerosis.
Authors
- I. Gonçalves
- Bertil Wegmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2193-6003)
- Håkan Åhlström (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8701-969X)
- Ola Hjelmgren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8639-6928)
- Petter Dyverfeldt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3051-661X)
- Jan Engvall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5716-5098)
- Elin Good (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3418-1706)
- Tamara Bianchessi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9709-803X)
- Oscar Soto
- Linda Bilos
- David Marlevi
- My Troung
Institutions
- Linköping University (SE)
- Sahlgrenska University Hospital (SE)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- Antaros Medical (Sweden) (SE)
- Skåne University Hospital (SE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
- Published
- 2026-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocmr.2026.102686
- Primary Topic
- Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00