Why the study?
Does duplex-ultrasound assessment of carotid plaque morphology correlate with embolic stroke patterns on CCT in patients with symptomatic ICA stenosis?
Population
82 patients suffering from completed or transient middle cerebral artery symptoms with symptomatic internal…
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Irregular heterogeneous plaques were associated with territorial infarcts; hypothesis-generating for ultrasound morphology in embolic risk stratification.
Does duplex-ultrasound assessment of carotid plaque morphology correlate with embolic stroke patterns on CCT in patients with symptomatic ICA stenosis?
Ultrasound identification of irregular and heterogeneous carotid plaques can help identify patients at high risk for arterio-arterial embolic stroke.
Kessler et al. (2009) studied this question.
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