Histology-Verified Intracranial Artery Calcification and Its Clinical Relevance With Cerebrovascular Disease
Intracranial artery calcification (IAC) was regarded as a proxy for intracranial atherosclerosis (ICAS). IAC could be easily detected on routine computer tomography (CT), which was neglected by clinicians in the previous years. The evolution of advanced imaging technologies, especially vessel wall s...
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description | Intracranial artery calcification (IAC) was regarded as a proxy for intracranial atherosclerosis (ICAS). IAC could be easily detected on routine computer tomography (CT), which was neglected by clinicians in the previous years. The evolution of advanced imaging technologies, especially vessel wall scanning using high resolution-magnetic resonance imaging (HR-MRI), has aroused the interest of researchers to further explore the characteristics and clinical impacts of IAC. Recent histological evidence acquired from the human cerebral artery specimens demonstrated that IAC could mainly involve two layers: the intima and the media. Accumulating evidence from histological and clinical imaging studies verified that intimal calcification is more associated with ICAS, while medial calcification, especially the internal elastic lamina, contributes to arterial stiffness rather than ICAS. Considering the highly improved abilities of novel imaging technologies in differentiating intimal and medial calcification within the large intracranial arteries, this review aimed to describe the histological and imaging features of two types of IAC, as well as the risk factors, the hemodynamic influences, and other clinical impacts of IAC occurring in intimal or media layers. |
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spelling | pubmed-88186812022-02-08 Histology-Verified Intracranial Artery Calcification and Its Clinical Relevance With Cerebrovascular Disease Du, Heng Yang, Wenjie Chen, Xiangyan Front Neurol Neurology Intracranial artery calcification (IAC) was regarded as a proxy for intracranial atherosclerosis (ICAS). IAC could be easily detected on routine computer tomography (CT), which was neglected by clinicians in the previous years. The evolution of advanced imaging technologies, especially vessel wall scanning using high resolution-magnetic resonance imaging (HR-MRI), has aroused the interest of researchers to further explore the characteristics and clinical impacts of IAC. Recent histological evidence acquired from the human cerebral artery specimens demonstrated that IAC could mainly involve two layers: the intima and the media. Accumulating evidence from histological and clinical imaging studies verified that intimal calcification is more associated with ICAS, while medial calcification, especially the internal elastic lamina, contributes to arterial stiffness rather than ICAS. Considering the highly improved abilities of novel imaging technologies in differentiating intimal and medial calcification within the large intracranial arteries, this review aimed to describe the histological and imaging features of two types of IAC, as well as the risk factors, the hemodynamic influences, and other clinical impacts of IAC occurring in intimal or media layers. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-01-24 /pmc/articles/PMC8818681/ /pubmed/35140673 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2021.789035 Text en Copyright © 2022 Du, Yang and Chen. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Neurology Du, Heng Yang, Wenjie Chen, Xiangyan Histology-Verified Intracranial Artery Calcification and Its Clinical Relevance With Cerebrovascular Disease |
title | Histology-Verified Intracranial Artery Calcification and Its Clinical Relevance With Cerebrovascular Disease |
title_full | Histology-Verified Intracranial Artery Calcification and Its Clinical Relevance With Cerebrovascular Disease |
title_fullStr | Histology-Verified Intracranial Artery Calcification and Its Clinical Relevance With Cerebrovascular Disease |
title_full_unstemmed | Histology-Verified Intracranial Artery Calcification and Its Clinical Relevance With Cerebrovascular Disease |
title_short | Histology-Verified Intracranial Artery Calcification and Its Clinical Relevance With Cerebrovascular Disease |
title_sort | histology-verified intracranial artery calcification and its clinical relevance with cerebrovascular disease |
topic | Neurology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8818681/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35140673 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2021.789035 |
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