Association Between Spotty Calcification in Nonstenosing Extracranial Carotid Artery Plaque and Ipsilateral Ischemic Stroke
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Moayad Homssi; Amar Vora; Cenai Zhang; Hediyeh Baradaran; Hooman Kamel; Ajay Gupta
- Source
- Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, Vol 12, Iss 10 (2023)
- Subject
- atherosclerosis
carotid artery
low‐density plaques
nonstenosing atherosclerosis
spotty calcification
stroke
Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
RC666-701
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2047-9980
Background Small spotty calcifications in the coronary arteries are associated with an increased risk of myocardial infarction. We examined the association between spotty calcifications near the carotid bifurcations and ipsilateral ischemic stroke in patients with