Acute ischemic stroke versus transient ischemic attack: Differential plaque morphological features in symptomatic intracranial atherosclerotic lesions

Intracranial atherosclerotic disease (ICAD) is a major etiologic cause for acute ischemic stroke (AIS) and transient ischemic attack (TIA). The study was designed to investigate if differential morphological features exist in symptomatic atherosclerotic lesions between AIS and TIA patients.

Source: Atherosclerosis - January 11, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: Jiayu Xiao, Matthew M. Patrick, Tao Jiang, Shuang Xia, Fang Wu, Yu Guo, Nestor R. Gonzalez, Shujuan Li, Konrad H. Schlick, Oana M. Dumitrascu, Marcel M. Maya, Marcio A. Diniz, Shlee S. Song, Patrick D. Lyden, Debiao Li, Qi Yang, Zhaoyang Fan Source Type: research