Plaque Distribution Correlates With Morphology of Lenticulostriate Arteries in Single Subcortical Infarctions.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

We aimed to use novel whole-brain vessel-wall magnetic resonance imaging (WB-VWI) to investigate the association between plaque distribution of middle cerebral artery (MCA) and morphological changes of the lenticulostriate arteries (LSAs) in single subcortical infarctions.

Methods

Forty single subcortical infarction patients with no relevant MCA disease on magnetic resonance angiography were prospectively enrolled. Plaque location in the MCA was dichotomized as proximal (located adjacent to the LSA origin) or distal (located distal to the LSA origin) on whole-brain vessel-wall magnetic resonance imaging. The MCAs with proximal plaques were divided into the symptomatic and asymptomatic side, and asymptomatic side MCAs without proximal plaques were the c

SUBMITTER: Jiang S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7447184 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature