Incremental Value of Plaque Enhancement in Patients with Moderate or Severe Basilar Artery Stenosis: 3.0 T High-Resolution Magnetic Resonance Study.
Wanqian WangQi YangDebiao LiZhaoyang FanXiaoming BiXiangying DuFang WuYe WuKuncheng LiPublished in: BioMed research international (2017)
Enhancement of BA plaque was more frequently observed in symptomatic than in asymptomatic patients (27/33, 81.8% versus 11/24, 45.8%; p < 0.01). In multivariate regression analysis, plaque enhancement (OR = 7.193; 95% CI: 1.880-27.517; p = 0.004) and smoking (OR = 4.402; 95% CI: 2.218-15.909; p = 0.024) were found to be independent risk factors of posterior ischemic events in patients with BA stenosis >50%. Plaques were mainly distributed at the ventral site (39.3%) or involved more than two arcs (21.2%) in the symptomatic group but were mainly distributed at left (33.3%) and right (25.0%) sites in the asymptomatic group.
Keyphrases
- magnetic resonance
- risk factors
- coronary artery disease
- high resolution
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- spinal cord
- prognostic factors
- high intensity
- early onset
- magnetic resonance imaging
- patient reported outcomes
- oxidative stress
- contrast enhanced
- subarachnoid hemorrhage
- prefrontal cortex