Natural history of intracranial atherosclerotic disease

Intracranial atherosclerotic disease was very common among stroke patients of Asians, blacks and Hispanics ancestry. Furthermore, stroke patients with intracranial atherosclerosis (ICAS) have higher recurrence rate of cerebral ischemia and death than those without ICAS. However, the natural history...

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Main Authors: Yuehua ePu, Xin eDou, Liping eLiu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fneur.2014.00125/full
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spelling doaj-a908914e8e5a4081b8e5216045d4facd2020-11-24T22:57:09ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Neurology1664-22952014-07-01510.3389/fneur.2014.0012579996Natural history of intracranial atherosclerotic diseaseYuehua ePu0Xin eDou1Liping eLiu2Beijing Tiantan Hospital of Capital Medical UniversityBeijing Tiantan Hospital of Capital Medical UniversityBeijing Tiantan Hospital of Capital Medical UniversityIntracranial atherosclerotic disease was very common among stroke patients of Asians, blacks and Hispanics ancestry. Furthermore, stroke patients with intracranial atherosclerosis (ICAS) have higher recurrence rate of cerebral ischemia and death than those without ICAS. However, the natural history of intracranial atherosclerotic disease is still in controversy. Most of the studies were retrospective and randomized controlled trial of drugs. This review summarized the prognosis of symptomatic and asymptomatic intracranial atherosclerotic disease in order to guide clinical decision-making and further clinical research.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fneur.2014.00125/fullNatural HistoryStenosisprognosisIntracranial atherosclerosisOutcome
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author Yuehua ePu
Xin eDou
Liping eLiu
spellingShingle Yuehua ePu
Xin eDou
Liping eLiu
Natural history of intracranial atherosclerotic disease
Frontiers in Neurology
Natural History
Stenosis
prognosis
Intracranial atherosclerosis
Outcome
author_facet Yuehua ePu
Xin eDou
Liping eLiu
author_sort Yuehua ePu
title Natural history of intracranial atherosclerotic disease
title_short Natural history of intracranial atherosclerotic disease
title_full Natural history of intracranial atherosclerotic disease
title_fullStr Natural history of intracranial atherosclerotic disease
title_full_unstemmed Natural history of intracranial atherosclerotic disease
title_sort natural history of intracranial atherosclerotic disease
publisher Frontiers Media S.A.
series Frontiers in Neurology
issn 1664-2295
publishDate 2014-07-01
description Intracranial atherosclerotic disease was very common among stroke patients of Asians, blacks and Hispanics ancestry. Furthermore, stroke patients with intracranial atherosclerosis (ICAS) have higher recurrence rate of cerebral ischemia and death than those without ICAS. However, the natural history of intracranial atherosclerotic disease is still in controversy. Most of the studies were retrospective and randomized controlled trial of drugs. This review summarized the prognosis of symptomatic and asymptomatic intracranial atherosclerotic disease in order to guide clinical decision-making and further clinical research.
topic Natural History
Stenosis
prognosis
Intracranial atherosclerosis
Outcome
url http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fneur.2014.00125/full
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