Three-D MRI zeroes in on stroke-inducing carotid artery disease

October 2, 2008 Three-D MRI zeroes in on stroke-inducing carotid artery disease H. A. Abella -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Evidence that plaque pathophysiology and not just stenosis may be responsible for cardiac and cerebrovascular disease continues to accumulate. Three-D MRI can accurately detect bleeding carotid artery walls, a potentially predictive warning of stroke, according to Canadian investigators. For a long time both cardio and neurovascular researchers have considered vessel stenosis to be the main factor behind most heart attacks or strokes. Recent studies, however, have identified plaque composition as a major culprit for these conditions and for vascular-related deaths.

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