Sex Differences in Intracranial Atherosclerotic Plaques Among Patients With Ischemic Stroke.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

High-risk intracranial arterial plaques are the most common cause of ischemic stroke and their characteristics vary between male and female patients. However, sex differences in intracranial plaques among symptomatic patients have rarely been discussed. This study aimed to evaluate sex differences in intracranial atherosclerotic plaques among Chinese patients with cerebral ischemia.

Methods

One hundred and ten patients who experienced ischemic events underwent 3T cardiovascular magnetic resonance vessel wall scanning for the evaluation of intracranial atherosclerotic disease. Each plaque was classified according to its likelihood of causing a stroke (as culprit, uncertain, or non-culprit). The outer wall area (OWA) and lumen area of the lesion and reference sites w

SUBMITTER: Yan X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9280275 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature