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(Med.), Professor, Head of Ultrasound and Functional Diagnostic Department, Altai State Medical University, Barnaul<ext-link xlink:href="https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4869-5465" ext-link-type="uri">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4869-5465</ext-link></p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">kulikov57@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6744-7307</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Аткин</surname><given-names>С. С.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Atkin</surname><given-names>S. 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Atkin – Head of the Functional Diagnostics Department, Altai Regional Hospital; Assistant Professor of Ultrasound and Functional Diagnostic Department, Altai State Medical University, Barnaul<ext-link xlink:href="https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6744-7307" ext-link-type="uri">https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6744-7307</ext-link></p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0005-9712-7650</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Козлов</surname><given-names>А. В.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Kozlov</surname><given-names>A. 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Prolubnikov – Graduate Student, Polzunov Altai State Technical University, Barnaul<ext-link xlink:href="https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4370-4961" ext-link-type="uri">https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4370-4961</ext-link></p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-5"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>ФГБОУ ВО “Алтайский государственный медицинский университет” Минздрава России</institution><country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Altai State Medical University</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff-2"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>ФГБОУ ВО “Алтайский государственный медицинский университет” Минздрава России; &#13;
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Ползунова”</institution><country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Polzunov Altai State Technical University</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2026</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>05</day><month>06</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume>30</volume><issue>2</issue><fpage>26</fpage><lpage>34</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Куликов В.П., Аткин С.С., Козлов А.В., Минаков И.В., Атякшин Д.А., Пацап О.И., Игнатюк М.А., Трегуб П.П., Мотин Ю.Г., Пролубников М.А., 2026</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2026</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Куликов В.П., Аткин С.С., Козлов А.В., Минаков И.В., Атякшин Д.А., Пацап О.И., Игнатюк М.А., Трегуб П.П., Мотин Ю.Г., Пролубников М.А.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Kulikov V.P., Atkin S.S., Kozlov A.V., Minakov I.V., Atjakshin D.A., Pacap O.I., Ignatjuk M.A., Tregub P.P., Motin Y.G., Prolubnikov M.A.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://medvis.rdsmedia.ru/jour/article/view/1595">https://medvis.rdsmedia.ru/jour/article/view/1595</self-uri><abstract><sec><title>Цель исследования</title><p>Цель исследования: проверка гипотезы о возможности использования ультразвуковой эластографии сдвиговой волной для оценки нестабильности атеросклеротической бляшки (АСБ) сонной артерии.</p></sec><sec><title>Материал и методы</title><p>Материал и методы. Методом дуплексного сканирования на сканере Samsung V7 было обследовано 26 пациентов в возрасте 69,1 ± 6,1 года со стенозом сонных артерий – кандидатов на реваскуляризацию. Эластографию сдвиговой волной (SWE) АСБ проводили линейным датчиком LA2-14A. Использовали множественные круговые зоны интереса различного размера для максимального захвата бляшки. После каротидной эндартерэктомии проводили гистологическое исследование АСБ, окрашенных гематоксилином. Использовали дисперсионный анализ (ANOVA).</p></sec><sec><title>Результаты</title><p>Результаты. Модуль Юнга (Е) АСБ сонной артерии был связан со степенью стеноза внутренней сонной артерии, наличием в бляшке богатого липидами некротического ядра (LRNC) и с ультразвуковой характеристикой типа бляшки по Geroulakos. Медианное значение показателя жесткости бляшки (Е, МКР) было связано с гистологической оценкой толщины фиброзной покрышки.</p></sec><sec><title>Заключение</title><p>Заключение. SWE может быть использована и перспективна для количественной оценки нестабильности каротидных атеросклеротических бляшек.</p></sec></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><sec><title>Objective</title><p>Objective. Testing the hypothesis about the possibility of using shear wave ultrasound elastography to assess the instability of atherosclerotic plaque in the carotid artery.</p></sec><sec><title>Material and methods</title><p>Material and methods. Twenty-six patients aged 69.1 ± 6.1 years with carotid artery stenosis were examined using Duplex (DS) on a Samsung V7 scanner. SWE of the atherosclerotic plaque was performed with a linear LA2-14A probe. Multiple circular regions of interest (ROI) of different sizes were used to maximize plaque capture. After carotid endarterectomy (CEA), histological examination of hematoxylin-stained atherosclerotic plaques was performed. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used.</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>Results. Young's modulus (E) of carotid atherosclerotic plaques was associated with the degree of ICA stenosis, the presence of a lipid-rich necrotic core (LRNC) in the plaque and the ultrasound characterization of the Geroulakos plaque type. The median value of the plaque stiffness index (E, IQR) were associated with the histological assessment of the thickness of the fibrous cap.</p></sec><sec><title>Conclusion</title><p>Conclusion. SWE can be used and is promising for the quantitative assessment of instability of carotid atherosclerotic plaques.</p></sec></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>эластография сдвиговой волной</kwd><kwd>SWE</kwd><kwd>атеросклеротическая бляшка</kwd><kwd>нестабильная бляшка</kwd><kwd>сонная артерия</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>shear wave ultrasound elastography</kwd><kwd>SWE</kwd><kwd>atherosclerotic plaque</kwd><kwd>vulnerable plaque</kwd><kwd>carotid artery</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><funding-statement xml:lang="ru">Работа выполнена при поддержке компании ЗАО Медиэйс по договору НИР № 1-2024МБ от 19.07.2024 с  Алтайским государственным медицинским университетом</funding-statement><funding-statement xml:lang="en">This work was supported by Mediays CJSC under R&amp;D contract No. 1-2024MB dated July 19, 2024, with the Altai State Medical University</funding-statement></funding-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Gray-Weale А.C., Graham J.C., Burnett J.R. et al. 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