title: [Active thermolocation probing as a promising rapid diagnostic test of carotid atherosclerosis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the possibility of active thermolocation probing for the diagnosis of stenotic lesions of carotid arteries (CA).
  
  
  METHODS
  Eighteenpatients without symptoms of cardiovascular diseases were examined using ultrasound. The patients had isoechogenic stable atherosclerotic plaques (AP). Ultrasound markers of AP instability were found in other patients. All patients underwent telethermography of face, neck and extremities, ultrasound duplex scanning of CA.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It has been demonstrated that complex thermography is sensitive to carotid atherosclerosis with ultrasound signs of unstable AP in CA. Further studies will allow to determine the specificity and sensitivity of these diagnostic methods.
authors.affiliation: Evdokimov Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: I D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Stulin
authors.affiliation: Evdokimov Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: O O
authors.initials: OO
authors.lastname: Yanushevich
authors.affiliation: Evdokimov Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Trukhanov
authors.affiliation: Evdokimov Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Solonskiy
authors.affiliation: Institute of Thermography, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: O N
authors.initials: ON
authors.lastname: Budadin
authors.affiliation: Institute of Thermography, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: E F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Ivanushkin
authors.affiliation: Evdokimov Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Sazonova
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D058226:Plaque, Atherosclerotic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013817:Thermography / Q000379:methods*; D018616:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex