Proximal Region of Carotid Atherosclerotic Plaque Shows More Intraplaque Hemorrhage: The Plaque at Risk Study.
Geneviève A J C CrombagMueez AizazFloris H B M SchreuderFaysal BenaliDianne H K van Dam-NolenM I LiemCarlo LucciAntonius F W van der SteenMat J A P DaemenWerner H MessA V D LugtPaul J NederkoornJeroen HendriksePaul A M HofmanRobert J Van OostenbruggeJoachim E WildbergerMarianne Eline KooiPublished in: AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology (2022)
We demonstrated that intraplaque hemorrhage and a thin/ruptured fibrous cap are more prevalent on the proximal side of the plaque compared with the distal side in patients with mild-to-moderate carotid stenosis.