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REVIEW article
Front. Neurol.
Sec. Stroke
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fneur.2025.1536581
This article is part of the Research Topic Advances in the Understanding, Diagnosis, and Management of Intracranial and Extracranial Arterial Dissections View all articles
High-resolution magnetic resonance vessel wall imaging in extracranial carotid cervical artery dissection
Provisionally accepted- Shandong Provincial Hospital, Jinan, China
Extracranial cervical artery dissection (eCAD) is the second leading cause of stroke in young and middle-aged adults(1). Clinical management strategies for ECAD eCAD are continuously being explored and optimized, as revealed by the recently published CADISS and TREAT-CAD studies(2,3). The type of drug, dosage, and timing of administration can affect the regression of carotid artery entrapment dissection and the risk of recurrence of stroke. Based on imaging evidence, it is important to develop individualized treatment strategies for different risk groups.Currently, High-resolution magnetic resonance vessel wall imaging (MR-VWI) technology has made significant progress in the qualitative diagnosis of ECADeCAD, vascular lesion progression, and the assessment of recurring ischemic stroke risk. To better understand the pathogenesis and progression of eCAD using MR-VWI, a comprehensive review is presented here.
Keywords: Cervical artery dissection, vessel wall imaging, Black blood, ischemic stroke, intramuarl hematoma
Received: 29 Nov 2024; Accepted: 14 Feb 2025.
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* Correspondence:
Guangbin Wang, Shandong Provincial Hospital, Jinan, China
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