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May 9, 2012Stroke

Intracranial Carotid Artery Atherosclerosis

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older, white persons

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DBDaniël BosCardiac ImagingMRMaggee J.M. van der RijkErasmus University RotterdamTGTychon GeeraedtsRadboud University Nijmegen

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Implication

ICAC prevalence >80% in older whites with sex-differing risks warrants caution in stroke assessment; leaves open prospective validation of targeted prevention.

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Population
older, white persons

Intracranial carotid artery atherosclerosis is highly prevalent in older white populations and is associated with conventional cardiovascular risk factors that differ by sex.

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Bos et al. (2012) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69de96cf40ea065679558819https://doi.org/10.1161/strokeaha.111.648667
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