Intracranial carotid artery calcification morphology differs in patients with lacunar and nonlacunar acute ischemic strokes.
Federico MazzacaneBeatrice Del BelloFederica FerrariAlessandra PersicoElisa RognoneAnna PichiecchioAlessandro PadovaniAnna CavalliniMorotti AndreaFrancesco ArbaPublished in: European journal of neurology (2023)
Our study suggests that intimal ICAC pattern is associated with lacunar stroke and may serve as a marker for lacunar stroke etiology, possibly strengthening the relation between endothelial dysfunction and lacunar stroke.