Asymptomatic middle cerebral artery stenosis diagnosed by magnetic resonance angiography

Neuroradiology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-53

  Zaidat, O O ^a,b   Zahuranec, D B ^b   Obogu, E E ^b   Fernandes Filho, J A ^b   Suarez J I ^b   Sunshine, J L ^b   Tarr, R W ^b   Mirarchi, S ^b   Nour, S G ^b   Selman, W R ^b   Landis, D M D ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance angiography; Middle cerebral artery stenosis; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CHOLESTEROL; TICLOPIDINE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; SYMPTOM;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL ARTERIAL DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 10744221257     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-003-1120-z     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Hacke W, Schwab S, Horn M, Spranger M, De Georgia M, von Kummer R (1996) 'Malignant' middle cerebral artery territory infarction: clinical course and prognostic signs. Arch Neurol 53: 309-315
2. Bogousslavsky J, Barnett HJ, Fox AJ, Hachinski VC, Taylor W (1986) Atherosclerotic disease of the middle cerebral artery. Stroke 17: 1112-1120
3. Corston RN, Kendall BE, Marshall J (1984) Prognosis in middle cerebral artery stenosis. Stroke 15: 237-241
4. Hinton RC, Mohr JP, Ackerman RH, Adair LB, Fisher CM (1979) Symptomatic middle cerebral artery stenosis. Ann Neurol 5: 152-157
5. Moulin DE, Lo R, Chiang J, Barnett HJ (1985) Prognosis in middle cerebral artery occlusion. Stroke 16: 282-284
6. Sacquegna T, De Carolis P, Andreoli A, et al (1984) Long term prognosis after occlusion of middle cerebral artery. Br Med J 288: 1490-1491
7. Scott RM (1985) Middle cerebral artery stenosis. Stroke 1985;16: 331
8. Lindegaard KF, Bakke SJ, Aaslid R, Nornes H (1988) Middle cerebral artery stenosis - a neglected problem? Surg Neurol 29: 164
9. Kuroda S, Houkin K, Kamiyama H, Mitsumori K, Iwasaki Y, Abe H (2001) Long-term prognosis of medically treated patients with internal carotid or middle cerebral artery occlusion: can acetazolamide test predict it? Stroke 32: 2110-2116
10. Liu AY, Do HM, Albers GW, Lopez JR, Steinberg GK, Marks MP (2001) Hyperperfusion syndrome with hemorrhage after angioplasty for middle cerebral artery stenosis. AJNR 22: 1597-1601
11. Alazzaz A, Thornton J, Aletich VA, Debrun GM, Ausman JI, Charbel F (2000) Intracranial percutaneous transluminal angioplasty for arteriosclerotic stenosis. Arch Neurol 57: 1625-1630
12. Nakano S, Yokogami K, Ohta H, Yano T, Ohnishi T (1998) Direct percutaneous transluminal angioplasty for acute middle cerebral artery occlusion. AJNR 19: 767-772
13. Takis C, Kwan ES, Pessin MS, Jacobs DH, Caplan LR (1997) Intracranial angioplasty: experience and complications. AJNR 18: 1661-1668
14. Kraus GE, Herman JM, Lee KS, Spetzler RF, Frey JL (1995) Middle cerebral artery endarterectomy: experience with two cases. Surg Neurol 44: 346-355
15. Cao B, Hasegawa Y, Yokota C, Minematsu K, Yamaguchi T (2000) Spontaneous improvement in reduced vasodilatory capacity in major cerebral arterial occlusive disease. Neuroradiology 42: 19-25
16. The EC/IC Bypass Study Group (1985) Failure of extracranial-intracranial arterial bypass to reduce the risk of ischemic stroke. Results of an international randomized trial. N Engl J Med 313: 1191-1200
17. Yokogami K, Nakano S, Ohta H, Goya T, Wakisaka S (1998) MRA as a primary screening technique for intra- and extracranial arterial occlusive diseases. Int J Angiol 7: 289-296
18. Wong KS, Lam WW, Liang E, Huang YN, Chan YL, Kay R (1996) Variability of magnetic resonance angiography and computed tomography angiography in grading middle cerebral artery stenosis. Stroke 27: 1084-1087
19. Korogi Y, Takahashi M, Mabuchi N, et al (1994) Intracranial vascular stenosis and occlusion: diagnostic accuracy of three-dimensional, Fourier transform, time-of-flight MR angiography. Radiology 193: 187-193
20. Hass WK, Fields WS, North RR, Kricheff II, Chase EN, Bauer RB (1968) Joint study of extracranial artery occlusion II. Arteriography, techniques, sites, and complications. JAMA 203: 961-968
21. Chimowitz MI, Kokkinos J, Strong J, et al (1995) The warfarin-aspirin symptomatic intracranial disease study. Neurology 45: 1488-1493
22. Benesch CG, Chimowitz MI (2000) Best treatment for intracranial arterial stenosis? 50 years of uncertainty. The WASID investigators. Neurology 55: 465-466