Association of Hypertension With Both Occurrence and Outcome of Symptomatic Patients With Mild Intracranial Atherosclerotic Stenosis: A Prospective Higher Resolution Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Intracranial atherosclerotic plaque causing mild luminal stenosis might lead to acute ischemic events. However, the difference between culprit and nonculprit lesions is unclear, as are the factors associated with favorable treatment outcomes.

Purpose

To quantify characteristics of intracranial atherosclerosis with mild luminal stenosis and to identify factors associated with lesion type (culprit or nonculprit) and with clinical outcomes.

Study type

Prospective POPULATION: 293 patients who had acute stroke with mild luminal stenosis (<50%) in the middle cerebral or basilar artery.

Field strength/sequence

3.0 T higher resolution magnetic resonance imaging (hrMRI) of intracranial arteries and whole brain MR images.

Assessment

Morphological and co

SUBMITTER: Shi Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8319792 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature