Ling Li1, Xiao Ling Zhang1, Min Tang1, Xue jiao Yan1, Nian E Ma1, Xiao Yan Lei1, Xin Zhang1, Juan Li1, and Kai Ai2
1Department of MRI, Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Xi'an, China, 2Philips Healthcare, Xi'an, China
1Department of MRI, Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Xi'an, China, 2Philips Healthcare, Xi'an, China
We found some differences in atherosclerotic plaque characteristics and clinical data between young and old patients, which is helpful to explore the potential pathophysiological mechanism of atherosclerotic stroke plaque formation in young people.
Figure 1. Measurements of vessel plaque characteristics. In a young patient (31 years old ) with an infarction in the left hemisphere (A), left MCA stenosis (B, arrowhead) was observed, A eccentric plaque in vessel wall (C, arrowhead) on high-resolution MRI was measured. In a old patient (68 years old ) with an infarction in the left basal ganglia (D), left MCA stenosis (E, arrowhead) was observed, A diffuse plaque in vessel wall (F, arrowhead) on high-resolution MRI was measured.
The vessel wall characteristics of plaque were summarized in Table 1. The demographic data were summarized in Table 2. P < 0.05 indicates a significant difference.