Carotid Intraplaque Hemorrhage: An Underappreciated Cause of Unexplained Recurrent Stroke

JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2021 Sep 13;14(17):1950-1952. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2021.04.033. Epub 2021 Jun 16.

Authors

Mohamad Alkhouli¹, David Holmes², James P Klaas³, Guiseppe Lanzino⁴, John C Benson⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA. Electronic address: Alkhouli.Mohamad@mayo.edu.
² Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
³ Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
⁴ Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
⁵ Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.

PMID: 34147380
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2021.04.033

No abstract available

Keywords: carotid artery; intraplaque hemorrhage; stroke; vessel wall imaging.

MeSH terms

Carotid Arteries
Carotid Artery Diseases* / complications
Carotid Artery Diseases* / diagnostic imaging
Carotid Stenosis* / complications
Carotid Stenosis* / diagnostic imaging
Cerebral Infarction
Hemorrhage / diagnostic imaging
Hemorrhage / etiology
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Angiography
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Plaque, Atherosclerotic*
Stroke* / diagnostic imaging
Stroke* / etiology
Treatment Outcome