Dolichoectasia and Small Vessel Disease in Young Patients With Transient Ischemic Attack and Stroke [Clinical Sciences]

Background and Purpose—We evaluated whether basilar dolichoectasia is associated with markers of cerebral small vessel disease in younger transient ischemic attack and ischemic stroke patients.Methods—We used data from the SIFAP1 study (Stroke in Young Fabry Patients), a large prospective, hospital-based, screening study for Fabry disease in young (

Source: Stroke - August 28, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Vincent Thijs, Ulrike Grittner, Franz Fazekas, Dominick J.H. McCabe, Anne-Katrin Giese, Christof Kessler, Peter Martus, Bo Norrving, Erich Bernd Ringelstein, Reinhold Schmidt, Christian Tanislav, Jukka Putaala, Turgut Tatlisumak, Bettina von Sarnowski, Ar Tags: Hypertension, Cerebrovascular Disease/Stroke, Ischemic Stroke, Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA), Vascular Disease Original Contributions Source Type: research