Non-stenotic intracranial arteries have atherosclerotic changes in acute ischemic stroke patients: a 3T MRI study

Neuroradiology

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1007-1013

  Lee, Woo Jin ^a   Choi, Hyun Seok ^a   Jang, Jinhee ^a   Sung, Jinkyeong ^a   Kim, Tae Won ^a   Koo, Jaseong ^a   Shin, Yong Sam ^a   Jung, So Lyung ^a   Ahn, Kook Jin ^a   Kim, Bum soo ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Intracranial atherosclerosis; Ischemic stroke; MR angiography

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; GADOBUTROL; INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOEMBOLIC STROKE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN TREATMENT; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RATIO INDEX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STROKE PATIENT; T1 WEIGHTED 3D TURBO SPIN ECHO; TIME OF FLIGHT MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE;

CEREBRAL ARTERIAL DISEASES; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE;

EID: 84943658094     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: 14321920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-015-1566-9     Document Type: Article

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