Comparison of Intracranial and Extracranial Carotid Artery Calcifications between Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients and Healthy Individuals: A Combined Cone-Beam Computed Tomography and Polysomnographic Study.
Mujgan FirincioglulariSecil AksoyKaan OrhanFinn RasmussenPublished in: Radiology research and practice (2022)
In conclusion, OSA patients showed a higher prevalence of calcified carotid artery calcifications than healthy individuals. The results can be interpreted as the higher AHI, the more carotid artery calcification occurs. As these lesions can be a precursor of future strokes, 3D MDCT/CBCT images should evaluate meticulously not only extracranial but also intracranially, especially in OSA patients.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- obstructive sleep apnea
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- machine learning
- magnetic resonance
- risk factors
- patient reported outcomes
- computed tomography
- cone beam computed tomography
- internal carotid artery
- convolutional neural network
- optical coherence tomography