The role of intracranial artery calcification (IAC) in stroke subtype and risk of vascular events

CONCLUSION: In these multiethnic populations, IAC is associated with symptomatic and asymptomatic ILAS as well as higher mortality. IAC may be a useful marker of higher mortality, the role of IAC as an imaging marker of risk of stroke is less certain.PMID:37186970 | DOI:10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2023.107185

Source: Atherosclerosis - May 15, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: Kursat Gurel Farid Khasiyev Antonio Spagnolo-Allende Salwa Rahman Minghua Liu Erin R Kulick Amelia Boehme Tatjana Rundek Mitchell Sv Elkind Randolph S Marshall Daniel Bos Jose Gutierrez Source Type: research