Aortic atheroma as a source of stroke – assessment of embolization risk using 3D CMR in stroke patients and controls

Abstract Background It was our purpose to identify vulnerable plaques in the thoracic aorta using 3D multi-contrast CMR and estimate the risk of cerebral embolization using 4D flow CMR in cryptogenic stroke patients and controls. Methods One hundred patients (40 with cryptogenic stroke, 60 ophthalmo...

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Main Authors: Thomas Wehrum, Iulius Dragonu, Christoph Strecker, Florian Schuchardt, Anja Hennemuth, Johann Drexl, Thomas Reinhard, Daniel Böhringer, Werner Vach, Jürgen Hennig, Andreas Harloff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-09-01
Series:Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12968-017-0379-x