The ACCF/AHA writing committee to create the 2011 Guideline on the Management of
Patients With Extracranial Carotid and Vertebral Artery Disease (ECVD) conducted a …

Intracranial atherosclerosis is one of the most common causes of stroke worldwide and is
associated with a high risk of recurrent stroke. New therapeutic approaches to treat this high …

Importance Intracranial stenosis is one of the most common etiologies of stroke. To our
knowledge, no randomized clinical trials have compared balloon-expandable stent …

Transcranial Doppler (TCD) ultrasound provides rapid, noninvasive, real-time measures of
cerebrovascular function. TCD can be used to measure flow velocity in the basal arteries of …

Background Atherosclerotic intracranial arterial stenosis is an important cause of stroke.
Warfarin is commonly used in preference to aspirin for this disorder, but these therapies …

Purpose—Our goal is to describe the effect of race and ethnicity on stroke epidemiology,
personal beliefs, access to care, response to treatment, and participation in clinical research …

Background—Stroke incidence is greater in blacks than in whites; data on Hispanics are
limited. Comparing subtype-specific ischemic stroke incidence rates may help to explain …

Purpose To characterize intracranial plaque inflammation in vivo by using three-dimensional
(3D) high-spatial-resolution contrast material–enhanced black-blood (BB) magnetic …

Background and Purpose—There is scant population-based information on incidence and
risk factors for ischemic stroke subtypes. Methods—We identified all 454 residents of …

Background and Purpose—The aim of this study was to investigate differences in risk factors
and stroke mechanisms between intracranial atherosclerosis (ICAS) and extracranial …