Compensatory intracranial arterial dilatation in extracranial carotid atherosclerosis: The Northern Manhattan Study

ConclusionsWe did not find an association of extracranial carotid atherosclerosis with dolichoectasia. However, we found that dolichoectasia is more frequent when intracranial collaterals are available suggesting a compensatory process that needs further investigation.

Source: International Journal of Stroke - March 5, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: Jose Gutierrez, Mitchell S. V. Elkind, Maia Gomez‐Schneider, Janet T. DeRosa, Ken Cheung, Ahmet Bagci, Noam Alperin, Ralph L. Sacco, Clinton B. Wright, Tatjana Rundek Tags: Research Source Type: research