Positioning for the use of multivessel clinical ultrasound in vascular risk evaluation: VASUS+ protocol. 2024 recommendations of the Vascular Risk Group, clinical ultrasound of the Spanish Society of Internal Medicine and Spanish Society of Hypertension and Vascular Risk.
E Moya Mateo, R García Alonso, C Sánchez Sánchez, Y Tung-Chen, E Rodilla, L Beltrán Romero, J A García-Donaire, M V Bonilla-Hernández, N Muñoz-Rivas, L Castilla-Guerra
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Atherosclerosis is the underlying disease in the entire spectrum of atherosclerotic vascular disease. Point of care ultrasound is a useful tool for its detection. Current guidelines recommend the use of scales such as SCORE 2 and SCORE 2OP in apparently healthy individuals and in those at intermediate-low risk, they recognize the role of the arterial plaque by ultrasound to refine risk stratification and the need for more aggressive preventive strategies. However, the way to evaluate the vascular territories in which there is presence of plaque, the amount or load of plaque is not homogeneous nor is it well protocolized. In this document, 2 protocols are proposed for the evaluation of vascular risk, VASUS and VASUS+, including the presence of ventricular hypertrophy with the objective of homogenizing clinical ultrasound in the assessment of vascular risk in clinical practice.
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