Carotid Calcium Volume and Stenosis after Stent Implantation

Internal carotid artery (ICA) stenosis could be treated with stent placement. It was hypothesized that calcium amount could be predictive of vessel stenosis after stent placement. We utilised computed tomography (CT) angiography to quantify volume of calcium material in bulbar ICA.

Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - July 15, 2020 Category: Neurology Authors: Johannes Sebastian Mutzenbach, Lukas Machegger, Luis Rafael Moscote-Salazar, Monika Killer-Oberpfalzer, Erasmia M üller-Thies-Broussalis, Slaven Pikija Source Type: research