Small vessel disease burden and prognosis of recent subcortical ischaemic stroke differ by parent artery atherosclerosis.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Parent artery atherosclerosis is an important aetiology of recent subcortical ischaemic stroke (RSIS). However, comparisons of RSIS with different degrees of parent artery atherosclerosis are lacking.

Methods

Prospectively collected data from our multicentre cohort (all were tertiary centres) of the Stroke Imaging Package Study between 2015 and 2017 were retrospectively reviewed. The patients with RSIS defined as a single clinically relevant diffusion-weighted imaging positive lesion in the territory of lenticulostriate arteries were categorized into three subgroups: (1) normal middle cerebral artery (MCA) on magnetic resonance angiography and high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (HR-MRI); (2) low-grade MCA atherosclerosis (normal or <50% stenosi

SUBMITTER: Lin QQ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11414818 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature