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Quantitative CTA vascular calcification, atherosclerosis burden, and stroke mechanism in patients with ischemic stroke
CONCLUSION: Atherosclerosis calcium volumes in major vessels were significantly higher in LAA compared to non-LAA stroke in younger age.PMID:37148773 | DOI:10.1016/j.jns.2023.120667
Source: Atherosclerosis - May 6, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: Takashi Shimoyama Sibaji Gaj Kunio Nakamura Shivakrishna Kovi Shumei Man Ken Uchino Source Type: research

The New Era of Retinal Imaging in Hypertensive Patients
Structural and functional alterations in the microcirculation by systemic hypertension can cause significant organ damage at the eye, heart, brain, and kidneys. As the retina is the only tissue in the body that allows direct imaging of small vessels, the relationship of hypertensive retinopathy signs with development of disease states in other organs have been extensively studied; large-scale epidemiological studies using fundus photography and advanced semi-automated analysis software have reported the association of retinopathy signs with hypertensive end-organ damage includes the following: stroke, dementia, and coronar...
Source: Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology - March 1, 2022 Category: Opthalmology Tags: Review Article Source Type: research