Intracranial dolichoectasia in patients with symptomatic intracranial atherosclerotic disease: Results from the MYRIAD study.
Victor J Del BruttoShyam PrabhakaranDavid S LiebeskindIszet Campo-BustilloGeorge CotsonisAzhar NizamJose G Romanonull nullPublished in: Journal of neuroimaging : official journal of the American Society of Neuroimaging (2021)
IDE was common among symptomatic ICAD patients. IDE was not associated with stroke recurrence. Instead, increased diameter and tortuosity correlated with improved blood flow across the stenotic artery, suggesting that IDE may originate as an adaptive mechanism in ICAD.