Prevalence of ipsilateral “vulnerable carotid plaques with <50 % stenosis” on CT angiography in embolic stroke of undetermined source
In ESUS patients undergoing thrombectomy for anterior circulation large vessel occlusion, vulnerable carotid plaques are more prevalent ipsilateral to the intracranial occlusion. Irregular plaque surface, and a higher degree of stenosis were the most common vulnerable plaque features.
Authors
- Brian H Buck (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7984-6062)
- Johanna Maria Ospel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0029-6764)
- Mayank Goyal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6312-0056)
- Aravind Ganesh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5520-2070)
- Mohammed Almekhlafi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9550-8197)
- Martha Marko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9063-0465)
- Nishita Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3647-0904)
- Alexandre Yves Poppe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1419-2635)
- Alexander Stebner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-8895-0894)
- Michael D. Hill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6269-1543)
- Kazutaka Uchida (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4780-9598)
- Salome Lou Bosshart (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-7570-8723)
- Andrew M. Demchuk
Institutions
- University of Alberta (CA)
- University of Calgary (CA)
- Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CA)
- University of Manitoba (CA)
- Medical University of Vienna (AT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the Neurological Sciences
- Published
- 2024-11-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2024.123316
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.42
Funders
- Universität Basel
- Stryker
- Freiwillige Akademische Gesellschaft
- Alberta Innovates
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research