Topography of Vertebral Artery Origin Plaques: Characteristics and Determinants.

Marialaura SimonettoKeith DeSousaNelly CampoVikas PandeySebastian Koch

Published in: Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (2018)

We describe 3 different patterns of VAo involvement in patients with ostial atherosclerotic VA disease. VAo plaques occurred almost exclusively at the medial wall of the vessel. Women had more plaques involving predominantly the origin. Prospective studies are needed to investigate the clinical significance of these findings.

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