Association between calcification of the cervical carotid artery bifurcation and white matter ischemia

NF Fanning, TD Walters, AJ Fox… - American journal of …, 2006 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The association of cervical carotid artery bifurcation
calcification to future stroke risk is unknown, though coronary artery calcification is a proven …

Carotid artery calcification on CT may independently predict stroke risk

KR Nandalur, E Baskurt, KD Hagspiel… - American Journal of …, 2006 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The purpose of our study was to quantitatively evaluate calcified
atherosclerotic burden in the cervical carotid arteries using MDCT to determine the …

Cavernous carotid artery calcification and white matter ischemia

LS Babiarz, DM Yousem… - American journal …, 2003 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The relevance of cavernous carotid artery calcification on
unenhanced CT scans of the brain has recently been investigated against the backdrop of …

Intracranial internal carotid artery calcifications: association with vascular risk factors and ischemic cerebrovascular disease

TT De Weert, H Cakir, S Rozie… - American Journal …, 2009 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Atherosclerotic calcifications are present not only in the
extracranial carotid bifurcation but also in the intracranial part of the internal carotid artery …

Spotty calcium on cervicocerebral computed tomography angiography associates with increased risk of ischemic stroke

F Zhang, L Yang, L Gan, Z Fan, B Zhou, Z Deng, D Dey… - Stroke, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—Cervicocerebral vascular calcification on computed tomography
angiography is a known sign of advanced atherosclerosis. However, the clinical significance …

Intracranial carotid calcification on cranial computed tomography: visual scoring methods, semiautomated scores, and volume measurements in patients with stroke

D Subedi, US Zishan, F Chappell, ML Gregoriades… - Stroke, 2015 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—Intracranial internal carotid artery calcification is associated with
cerebrovascular risk factors and stroke, but few quantification methods are available. We …

Comparison of CT and CMR for detection and quantification of carotid artery calcification: the Rotterdam Study

B Mujaj, AMA Lorza, A Van Engelen… - Journal of …, 2017 - Springer
Background Carotid artery atherosclerosis is an important risk factor for stroke. As such,
quantitative imaging of carotid artery calcification, as a proxy of atherosclerosis, has become …

Presence of calcified carotid plaque predicts vascular events: the Northern Manhattan Study

S Prabhakaran, R Singh, X Zhou, R Ramas, RL Sacco… - Atherosclerosis, 2007 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: The prognostic implications of carotid plaque calcification (CPC) relative to
subsequent vascular events are unclear. Our aim was to determine the association between …

Intracranial carotid artery calcification on head CT and its association with ischemic changes on brain MRI in patients presenting with stroke-like symptoms …

S Erbay, R Han, S Baccei, W Krakov, KH Zou… - Neuroradiology, 2007 - Springer
Introduction Our purpose was to study the association between the intracranial arterial
calcifications observed on head CT and brain infarcts demonstrated by MRI in patients …

Calcified carotid plaques show double symptomatic peaks according to agatston calcium score

H Katano, M Mase, Y Nishikawa, K Yamada - Journal of Stroke and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background The precise mechanism of carotid calcification formation and its clinical
significance including the difference in outcomes compared with coronary artery have not …