Carotid atherosclerotic disease is one of the major preventable causes of ischaemic strokes.
In clinical practice, decision making with regard to carotid endarterectomy or stenting is still …

Objectives : The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of low-dose (10 mg) and high-dose
(80 mg) atorvastatin on carotid plaque inflammation as determined by ultrasmall …

Background— Inflammation within atherosclerotic lesions contributes to plaque instability
and vulnerability to rupture. We set out to evaluate the use of a macrophage labeling agent to …

Background— It has been suggested that inflammatory cells within vulnerable plaques may
be visualized by superparamagnetic iron oxide particle-enhanced MRI. The purpose of this …

Atheromatous carotid plaque rupture is responsible for the majority of ischaemic strokes in
the developed world. Plaque rupture has been associated with plaque morphology, plaque …

AIM: The aim of this study was to assess the usefulness of 16-row multislice CT angiography
(CTA) in evaluating intracranial aneurysms, by comparison with conventional digital …

Vici syndrome is a progressive neurodevelopmental multisystem disorder due to recessive
mutations in the key autophagy gene EPG5. We report genetic, clinical, neuroradiological, …

Vulnerable plaques have thin fibrous caps overlying large necrotic lipid cores. Recent studies
have shown that high-resolution MR imaging can identify these components. We set out to …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Acute hyperammonemic encephalopathy has significant
morbidity and mortality unless promptly treated. We describe the MR imaging findings of …

Although conventional intraarterial digital subtraction angiography remains the gold
standard method for imaging the vertebral artery, noninvasive modalities such as ultrasound, …