Background: Over the last decades, several individual studies on sex differences in carotid
atherosclerosis have been performed covering a wide range of plaque characteristics and …

In recent years, there has been a significant effort to identify high-risk plaques in vivo prior to
acute events. While number of imaging modalities have been developed to identify …

Carotid atherosclerotic disease constitutes a major modern health problem whose diagnosis
primarily relies on imaging. Grading of stenosis has been long used as the main factor for …

Background and Purpose: Incidence of ischemic stroke differs between men and women,
with substantially higher rates in men. The underlying mechanism of this difference remains …

Background Carotid atherosclerotic plaque rupture is an important source of ischemic
stroke. However, the prevalence of high‐risk plaque (HRP) defined as plaques with luminal …

Vessel wall imaging has been increasingly used to characterize plaque beyond luminal
narrowing to identify patients who may be at the highest risk of cerebrovascular ischemia …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Carotid intraplaque hemorrhage is associated with stroke,
plaque thickness, stenosis, ulceration, and adventitial inflammation. Conflicting data exist on …

Background Stenosis has historically been the major factor used to determine carotid stroke
sources. Recent evidence suggests that specific plaque features detected on imaging may …

Objective—Effective prevention and management strategies of intraplaque hemorrhage
(IPH) remain elusive because of our limited knowledge regarding its contributing factors …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The CTA “rim sign” has been proposed as an imaging
marker of intraplaque hemorrhage in carotid plaques. This study sought to investigate such …