1. The association of vertebrobasilar calcification with etiological subtypes, stroke recurrence and outcome in acute brainstem ischemic stroke
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Talip Asil, Elvin Niftaliyev, Tugce Ozdemir, Mehmet Kolukisa, Elif Gokcal, and KOLUKISA, MEHMET
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medicine.medical_specialty ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,Brain Ischemia ,Coronary artery disease ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Recurrence ,Risk Factors ,Internal medicine ,Diabetes mellitus ,medicine ,Humans ,Risk factor ,Stroke ,GÖKÇAL E., NİFTALİYEV E., GUELTEKIN T. O. , KOLUKISA M., ASİL T., -The association of vertebrobasilar calcification with etiological subtypes, stroke recurrence and outcome in acute brainstem ischemic stroke.-, NEUROLOGIA I NEUROCHIRURGIA POLSKA, ss.6, 2017 ,business.industry ,Calcinosis ,medicine.disease ,Surgery ,Arterial calcification ,Etiology ,Cardiology ,Neurology (clinical) ,Brainstem ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Calcification ,Brain Stem - Abstract
Arterial calcification (AC), a frequent finding on imaging studies, has been reported as a risk factor for ischemic stroke. However few studies have explored the association of AC with etiological subtypes and prognostic implications. The purpose of this study was to investigate the association of AC with demograhics, risk factors and etiological subtypes and to determine whether it predicts stroke recurrence and functional outcome in patients with acute brainstem ischemic stroke. We analyzed our database consisting of patients who were diagnosed as acute brainstem ischemic stroke admitted within 24hours of onset. Etiological classification of stroke was made based on The Trial of ORG in Acute Stroke Treatment (TOAST) Classification. AC in vertebral and basilar arteries were assessed from baseline brain CT. AC degree was categorized according to calcification along the circumference in the densest calcified segment of each vessel (0 point if no calcification in any of the CT slices, 1 point if calcification
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- 2017