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Intracranial arterial disease

MedGen UID:
199819
•Concept ID:
C0752138
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Arterial Disease, Intracranial; Arterial Diseases, Intracranial; Arterial Disorder, Intracranial; Arterial Disorders, Intracranial; Intracranial Arterial Disease; Intracranial Arterial Diseases; Intracranial Arterial Disorder; Intracranial Arterial Disorders
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0006808

Definition

Pathological conditions involving arteries in the skull, such as arteries supplying the cerebrum, the cerebellum, the brain stem, and associated structures. They include atherosclerotic, congenital, traumatic, infectious, inflammatory, and other pathological processes. [from MONDO]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Symptomatic intracranial arterial disease: incidence, natural history, diagnosis, and management.
Vellimana AK, Ford AL, Lee JM, Derdeyn CP, Zipfel GJ
Neurosurg Focus 2011 Jun;30(6):E14. doi: 10.3171/2011.3.FOCUS1138. PMID: 21631215Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Mechanisms of early Recurrence in Intracranial Atherosclerotic Disease (MyRIAD): Rationale and design.
Liebeskind DS, Prabhakaran S, Azhar N, Feldmann E, Campo-Bustillo I, Sangha R, Koch S, Rundek T, Ostergren L, Chimowitz MI, Romano JG; MyRIAD Investigators
J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 2020 Oct;29(10):105051. Epub 2020 Jul 11 doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2020.105051. PMID: 32912558Free PMC Article
Pathological Characteristics.
Chen XY, Fisher M
Front Neurol Neurosci 2016;40:21-33. Epub 2016 Dec 2 doi: 10.1159/000448267. PMID: 27960191Free PMC Article
Etiology of Intracranial Arterial Stenosis: Are Transcranial Color-Coded Duplex Ultrasound and 3T Black Blood MR Imaging Complementary?
Perren F, Vargas MI, Kargiotis O
J Neuroimaging 2016 Jul;26(4):426-30. Epub 2015 Nov 24 doi: 10.1111/jon.12315. PMID: 27040482
Intracranial arterial disease in CADASIL patients.
Kang HG, Kim JS
J Neurol Sci 2015 Dec 15;359(1-2):347-50. Epub 2015 Nov 17 doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2015.11.029. PMID: 26671140
The carotid artery and stroke.
Sherman DG
Am Fam Physician 1989 Nov;40(5 Suppl):41S-44S, 47S-49S. PMID: 2683694

Diagnosis

Cerebrovascular Imaging: Which Test is Best?
Lin A, Rawal S, Agid R, Mandell DM
Neurosurgery 2018 Jul 1;83(1):5-18. doi: 10.1093/neuros/nyx325. PMID: 28973579
Non-Atherosclerotic Intracranial Arterial Diseases.
Kim JS, Caplan LR
Front Neurol Neurosci 2016;40:179-203. Epub 2016 Dec 2 doi: 10.1159/000448313. PMID: 27960174
High-resolution magnetic resonance imaging: an emerging tool for evaluating intracranial arterial disease.
Bodle JD, Feldmann E, Swartz RH, Rumboldt Z, Brown T, Turan TN
Stroke 2013 Jan;44(1):287-92. Epub 2012 Nov 29 doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.112.664680. PMID: 23204050Free PMC Article
Symptomatic intracranial arterial disease: incidence, natural history, diagnosis, and management.
Vellimana AK, Ford AL, Lee JM, Derdeyn CP, Zipfel GJ
Neurosurg Focus 2011 Jun;30(6):E14. doi: 10.3171/2011.3.FOCUS1138. PMID: 21631215Free PMC Article
Transcranial Doppler.
DeWitt LD, Wechsler LR
Stroke 1988 Jul;19(7):915-21. doi: 10.1161/01.str.19.7.915. PMID: 2968690

Therapy

Contemporary Statistics of Acute Ischemic Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack in 2021: Insights From the CRCS-K-NIH Registry.
Kim DY, Park TH, Cho YJ, Park JM, Lee K, Lee M, Lee J, Bae SY, Hong DY, Jung H, Ko E, Guk HS, Kim BJ, Kim JY, Kang J, Han MK, Park SS, Hong KS, Park HK, Lee JY, Lee BC, Yu KH, Oh MS, Kim DE, Gwak DS, Lee SJ, Kim JG, Lee J, Kwon DH, Cha JK, Kim DH, Kim JT, Choi KH, Kim H, Choi JC, Kim JG, Kang CH, Sohn SI, Hong JH, Park H, Lee SH, Kim C, Shin DI, Yum KS, Kang K, Park KY, Jeong HB, Park CY, Lee KJ, Kwon JH, Kim WJ, Lee JS, Bae HJ; CRCS-K Investigators
J Korean Med Sci 2024 Sep 2;39(34):e278. doi: 10.3346/jkms.2024.39.e278. PMID: 39228188Free PMC Article
Infarct Recurrence in Intracranial Atherosclerosis: Results from the MyRIAD Study.
Romano JG, Prabhakaran S, Nizam A, Feldmann E, Sangha R, Cotsonis G, Campo-Bustillo I, Koch S, Rundek T, Chimowitz MI, Liebeskind DS; MyRIAD Investigators
J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 2021 Feb;30(2):105504. Epub 2020 Dec 1 doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2020.105504. PMID: 33276302Free PMC Article
Branch atheromatous disease diagnosed as embolic stroke of undetermined source: A sub-analysis of NAVIGATE ESUS.
Uchiyama S, Toyoda K, Kitagawa K, Okada Y, Ameriso S, Mundl H, Berkowitz S, Yamada T, Liu YY, Hart RG; NAVIGATE ESUS Investigators
Int J Stroke 2019 Dec;14(9):915-922. Epub 2019 May 27 doi: 10.1177/1747493019852177. PMID: 31132967
Intracranial vessel wall imaging at 7.0-T MRI.
van der Kolk AG, Zwanenburg JJ, Brundel M, Biessels GJ, Visser F, Luijten PR, Hendrikse J
Stroke 2011 Sep;42(9):2478-84. Epub 2011 Jul 14 doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.620443. PMID: 21757674
Symptomatic intracranial arterial disease: incidence, natural history, diagnosis, and management.
Vellimana AK, Ford AL, Lee JM, Derdeyn CP, Zipfel GJ
Neurosurg Focus 2011 Jun;30(6):E14. doi: 10.3171/2011.3.FOCUS1138. PMID: 21631215Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Mechanisms of early Recurrence in Intracranial Atherosclerotic Disease (MyRIAD): Rationale and design.
Liebeskind DS, Prabhakaran S, Azhar N, Feldmann E, Campo-Bustillo I, Sangha R, Koch S, Rundek T, Ostergren L, Chimowitz MI, Romano JG; MyRIAD Investigators
J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 2020 Oct;29(10):105051. Epub 2020 Jul 11 doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2020.105051. PMID: 32912558Free PMC Article
Non-Atherosclerotic Intracranial Arterial Diseases.
Kim JS, Caplan LR
Front Neurol Neurosci 2016;40:179-203. Epub 2016 Dec 2 doi: 10.1159/000448313. PMID: 27960174
Multiple intracranial arterial stenosis influences the long-term prognosis of symptomatic middle cerebral artery occlusion.
Tian L, Yue X, Xi G, Wang Y, Li Z, Zhou Y, Fan X
BMC Neurol 2015 Apr 29;15:68. doi: 10.1186/s12883-015-0326-0. PMID: 25925171Free PMC Article
Symptomatic intracranial arterial disease: incidence, natural history, diagnosis, and management.
Vellimana AK, Ford AL, Lee JM, Derdeyn CP, Zipfel GJ
Neurosurg Focus 2011 Jun;30(6):E14. doi: 10.3171/2011.3.FOCUS1138. PMID: 21631215Free PMC Article
Transcranial Doppler in stroke.
Rajamani K, Gorman M
Biomed Pharmacother 2001 Jun;55(5):247-57. doi: 10.1016/s0753-3322(01)00063-4. PMID: 11428550

Clinical prediction guides

Contemporary Statistics of Acute Ischemic Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack in 2021: Insights From the CRCS-K-NIH Registry.
Kim DY, Park TH, Cho YJ, Park JM, Lee K, Lee M, Lee J, Bae SY, Hong DY, Jung H, Ko E, Guk HS, Kim BJ, Kim JY, Kang J, Han MK, Park SS, Hong KS, Park HK, Lee JY, Lee BC, Yu KH, Oh MS, Kim DE, Gwak DS, Lee SJ, Kim JG, Lee J, Kwon DH, Cha JK, Kim DH, Kim JT, Choi KH, Kim H, Choi JC, Kim JG, Kang CH, Sohn SI, Hong JH, Park H, Lee SH, Kim C, Shin DI, Yum KS, Kang K, Park KY, Jeong HB, Park CY, Lee KJ, Kwon JH, Kim WJ, Lee JS, Bae HJ; CRCS-K Investigators
J Korean Med Sci 2024 Sep 2;39(34):e278. doi: 10.3346/jkms.2024.39.e278. PMID: 39228188Free PMC Article
Infarct Recurrence in Intracranial Atherosclerosis: Results from the MyRIAD Study.
Romano JG, Prabhakaran S, Nizam A, Feldmann E, Sangha R, Cotsonis G, Campo-Bustillo I, Koch S, Rundek T, Chimowitz MI, Liebeskind DS; MyRIAD Investigators
J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 2021 Feb;30(2):105504. Epub 2020 Dec 1 doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2020.105504. PMID: 33276302Free PMC Article
Mechanisms of early Recurrence in Intracranial Atherosclerotic Disease (MyRIAD): Rationale and design.
Liebeskind DS, Prabhakaran S, Azhar N, Feldmann E, Campo-Bustillo I, Sangha R, Koch S, Rundek T, Ostergren L, Chimowitz MI, Romano JG; MyRIAD Investigators
J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 2020 Oct;29(10):105051. Epub 2020 Jul 11 doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2020.105051. PMID: 32912558Free PMC Article
Clinical feasibility study of 3D intracranial magnetic resonance angiography using compressed sensing.
Lin Z, Zhang X, Guo L, Wang K, Jiang Y, Hu X, Huang Y, Wei J, Ma S, Liu Y, Zhu L, Zhuo Z, Liu J, Wang X
J Magn Reson Imaging 2019 Dec;50(6):1843-1851. Epub 2019 Apr 13 doi: 10.1002/jmri.26752. PMID: 30980468
Transcranial Doppler in stroke.
Rajamani K, Gorman M
Biomed Pharmacother 2001 Jun;55(5):247-57. doi: 10.1016/s0753-3322(01)00063-4. PMID: 11428550

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