Are There Differences between Traumatic and Spontaneous Cervical Artery Dissections?

(1) : Cervical arterial dissections (CeAD) are a common cause of stroke in young adults. CeAD can be spontaneous (sCeAD) or traumatic (tCeAD). Whether CeAD subtypes differ in clinical, radiological, and outcome characteristics remains unexplored.

Diagnostic Yield of High-Resolution Vessel Wall Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Evaluation of Young Stroke Patients.

(1) Background: The mechanism responsible for stroke in patients younger than 50 often remains unknown. This study was designed to assess whether high-resolution intracranial vessel wall MR imaging (icVWI) may be instrumental in determining stroke cause. (2) Methods: Young stroke patients with and without an identified cause of stroke despite an exhaustive investigation were prospectively included.

Impact of high-resolution intracranial vessel wall magnetic resonance imaging on diagnosis in patients with embolic stroke of unknown source.

Background: The mechanism responsible for stroke in patients with embolic stroke of unknown source (ESUS) often remains unknown despite extensive investigations. We aimed to test whether high-resolution intracranial vessel wall MR imaging (icVWI) can add to the diagnostic yield in these patients.

Patients And Methods: Patients with ESUS were prospectively included into an ongoing registry.

Comparison of Doppler Ultrasound and Computerized Tomographic Angiography in Evaluation of Cervical Arteries Stenosis in Stroke Patients, a Retrospective Single-Center Study.

There are different diagnostic modalities to investigate atherosclerosis cervical artery disease in suspected stroke patients. We aimed to test the concordance of findings of the two most widely used diagnostic modalities in stroke patients: duplex ultrasound (DUS) and computerized tomographic angiography (CTA). A total of 100 stroke patients were retrospectively included in the study, all of them had DUS followed by CTA.