Atherosclerosis Burden of Brain- and Heart-Supplying Arteries and the Relationship With Vascular Risk in Patients With Ischemic Stroke.

ABSTRACT: Background Atherosclerosis of brain- and heart-supplying arteries (BHAs) are risk indicators for patients with ischemic stroke, but the atherosclerosis burden (AB) of intracranial, cervical, aortic, and coronary arteries in each and in total have not been simultaneously evaluated, and the associations with vascular risk remain unknown. Methods and Results With computed tomography angiography, single-territory AB was triple ranked on the basis of the number of arterial segments with a significant atherosclerotic lesion. The total AB (TAB) of BHAs was triple ranked on the basis of the number of arterial territories with a significant atherosclerotic lesion, or according to the sum of 4 single-territory AB rank-scores. After a 12-month follow-up of 395 patients with ischemic stroke, a composi

SUBMITTER: Kong Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10492925 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature