Integrated imaging assessment of large arteries, intracranial plaque, and cerebral small vessel disease to distinguish acute ischemic stroke from transient ischemic attack.

Current Medical Imaging

Carotid Plaque-RADS: Impact of its ancillary features on improving the detection of symptomatic plaques.

CEREBRAL SMALL VESSEL DISEASE IN YOUNG PATIENTS WITH ISCHEMIC STROKE: PREVALENCE OF MARKERS AND IMPACT ON COGNITIVE OUTCOMES

Introduction. Cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) is the leading cause of vascular cognitive impairment, accounting for 10–30% of all strokes. Despite the increasing incidence of ischemic stroke (IS) among young adults (under 50 years of age), the prevalence and pattern of CSVD MRI markers, as well as their role in th...

Independent risk factors for new ischemic brain lesions on diffusion-weighted imaging after carotid artery stenting: A retrospective study.

BACKGROUND New ischemic brain lesions detected by diffusion-weighted imaging are common after carotid artery stenting, but factors independently associated with their occurrence remain incompletely defined. METHODS This single-center retrospective study included 97 patients with ischemic stroke and moderate-to-severe...

The Added Value of Vessel Wall MRI Over CTA for Differentiating Large-Artery Atherosclerotic and Cardioembolic Stroke in the Anterior and Posterior Circulations.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Differentiation between stroke etiologies is essential for secondary prevention; however, etiologic classification remains challenging in many ischemic strokes. We evaluated whether magnetic resonance vessel wall imaging (VWI) plaque markers improve computed tomography angiography (CTA)-based dif...

Intracranial Arterial Calcification and Its Impact on Subsequent Ischemic Cerebral Events: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Background: Intracranial arterial calcification (IAC), commonly detected on CT/CTA during ischemic stroke work-up, may reflect atherosclerotic burden relevant to recurrence. We evaluated whether CTA-detected IAC was associated with subsequent ischemic cerebral events. Methods: This retrospective single-center cohort in...