Systemic Arterial Correlates of Cervical Carotid Artery Tortuosity : The Northern Manhattan Study.
Farid KhasiyevTatjana RundekMarco R Di TullioClinton B WrightRalph L SaccoMitchell S V ElkindJose GutierrezPublished in: Clinical neuroradiology (2021)
Cervical ICA tortuosity is associated with a higher diastolic blood pressure and larger aortic root diameter but not with other measures of atherosclerosis. Determining the risks of vascular events associated with this non-atherosclerotic phenotype may help for a better risk stratification for individuals with cICA tortuosity.