Intracranial Spotty Calcium Predicts Recurrent Stroke in Patients with Symptomatic Intracranial Atherosclerotic Stenosis A Prospective Cohort Study

• Published in: Clinical neuroradiology (Munich) Vol. 33; no. 4; pp. 985 - 992
• Main Authors: Li, Rui, Liu, Moqi, Li, Jialu, Jiao, Xueqiao, Guo, Xiuhai
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.12.2023
• Subjects: Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Neurology; Neuroradiology; Neurosurgery; Original Article; Computed tomography angiography; Stenosis; Intracranial artery; Ischemic stroke; Spotty calcium

Purpose Accumulating evidence highlights the association of calcium characteristics and cardiovascular events, but its role in cerebrovascular stenosis has not been well studied. We aimed to investigate the contribution of calcium patterns and density to recurrent ischemic stroke in patients with sy...