Challenge of identifying the cause of intracranial artery stenosis in patients with ischemic stroke

Stroke. 2015 Mar;46(3):e59-61. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.007419. Epub 2014 Dec 18.
No abstract available

Keywords: intracranial atherosclerosis; primary angiitis of the central nervous system; stroke.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antihypertensive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Arteries
  • Brain / pathology
  • Cardiology / methods
  • Constriction, Pathologic / complications
  • Constriction, Pathologic / diagnosis*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Headache / diagnosis
  • Humans
  • Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / therapeutic use
  • Intracranial Arteriosclerosis / complications
  • Intracranial Arteriosclerosis / diagnosis*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Middle Cerebral Artery / pathology
  • Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / therapeutic use
  • Risk Factors
  • Stroke / diagnosis*
  • Stroke / etiology*

Substances

  • Antihypertensive Agents
  • Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
  • Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors