High-resolution MRI identifies basilar artery plaques in paramedian pontine infarct
- 8 February 2005
- journal article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Neurology
- Vol. 64 (3), 551-552
- https://doi.org/10.1212/01.wnl.0000150543.61244.06
Abstract
Paramedian pontine infarct (PPI) is usually attributed to basilar artery (BA) atherosclerosis. However, this hypothesis has thus far been supported only by post-mortem studies. The authors show that high-resolution MRI is a promising method that can detect BA plaques in patients with PPI at or near the origin of the penetrating artery, whereas MR angiograms may appear normal.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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