Atherosclerotic carotid plaque characteristics vary with time from ischemic event: A multicenter, prospective magnetic resonance vessel wall imaging registry study

Recent studies report that the rate of recurrent stroke is highest in the stages immediately following cerebral infarction and decreases over time in patients with atherosclerotic carotid stenosis. The purpose of this study was to identify temporal differences in early stage carotid plaque components from acute cerebrovascular ischemic events using carotid MRI. Carotid plaque images were obtained on 3  T MRI from 128 patients enrolled in MR-CAS. Among the 128 subjects, 53 were symptomatic and 75 asymptomatic.

Source: Journal of the Neurological Sciences - February 7, 2023 Category: Neurology Authors: Manabu Shirakawa, Kiyofumi Yamada, Hiroko Watase, Baocheng Chu, Yukiko Enomoto, Takao Kojima, Kazuki Wakabayashi, Jie Sun, Daniel S. Hippe, Marina S. Ferguson, Niranjan Balu, Shinichi Yoshimura, Thomas S. Hatsukami, Chun Yuan Source Type: research