The association of the circle of Willis anomaly and risk of stroke in patients with carotid artery disease

ABSTRACT The circle of Willis is an important collateral system that maintains perfusion to the stenotic area from the contralateral carotid and basilar artery to the region of reduced brain perfusion. The aim of the present study was to compare the circle of Willis anomaly in patients with unilater...

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Main Authors: Eylem Özaydın Göksu, Pınar Koç, Elif Küçükseymen, Ali Ünal, Fatma Genç, Elif Sarıönder Gencer, Aylin Yaman
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author Eylem Özaydın Göksu
Pınar Koç
Elif Küçükseymen
Ali Ünal
Fatma Genç
Elif Sarıönder Gencer
Aylin Yaman
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Pınar Koç
Elif Küçükseymen
Ali Ünal
Fatma Genç
Elif Sarıönder Gencer
Aylin Yaman
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description ABSTRACT The circle of Willis is an important collateral system that maintains perfusion to the stenotic area from the contralateral carotid and basilar artery to the region of reduced brain perfusion. The aim of the present study was to compare the circle of Willis anomaly in patients with unilateral symptomatic and asymptomatic carotid artery disease. Results In this retrospective study, we analyzed 175 patients who presented at our outpatient stroke clinic between January, 2013 and June, 2015 with either unilateral symptomatic or asymptomatic carotid artery disease, and who had had CT angiography imaging performed. Demographic properties, carotid artery stenosis and the anomaly of the circle of Willis was recorded. Conclusion There was no statistically significant difference in patients with symptomatic and asymptomatic carotid artery disease in terms of the anomaly of the circle of Willis.
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spelling doaj-art-a2d405cd24f240da8c86e8d4e50305e72025-08-20T03:19:57ZengThieme Revinter PublicaçõesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria1678-422775742943210.1590/0004-282x20170054S0004-282X2017000700429The association of the circle of Willis anomaly and risk of stroke in patients with carotid artery diseaseEylem Özaydın GöksuPınar KoçElif KüçükseymenAli ÜnalFatma GençElif Sarıönder GencerAylin YamanABSTRACT The circle of Willis is an important collateral system that maintains perfusion to the stenotic area from the contralateral carotid and basilar artery to the region of reduced brain perfusion. The aim of the present study was to compare the circle of Willis anomaly in patients with unilateral symptomatic and asymptomatic carotid artery disease. Results In this retrospective study, we analyzed 175 patients who presented at our outpatient stroke clinic between January, 2013 and June, 2015 with either unilateral symptomatic or asymptomatic carotid artery disease, and who had had CT angiography imaging performed. Demographic properties, carotid artery stenosis and the anomaly of the circle of Willis was recorded. Conclusion There was no statistically significant difference in patients with symptomatic and asymptomatic carotid artery disease in terms of the anomaly of the circle of Willis.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2017000700429&lng=en&tlng=encircle of Williscarotid artery diseasesstrokeangiography
spellingShingle Eylem Özaydın Göksu
Pınar Koç
Elif Küçükseymen
Ali Ünal
Fatma Genç
Elif Sarıönder Gencer
Aylin Yaman
The association of the circle of Willis anomaly and risk of stroke in patients with carotid artery disease
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
circle of Willis
carotid artery diseases
stroke
angiography
title The association of the circle of Willis anomaly and risk of stroke in patients with carotid artery disease
title_full The association of the circle of Willis anomaly and risk of stroke in patients with carotid artery disease
title_fullStr The association of the circle of Willis anomaly and risk of stroke in patients with carotid artery disease
title_full_unstemmed The association of the circle of Willis anomaly and risk of stroke in patients with carotid artery disease
title_short The association of the circle of Willis anomaly and risk of stroke in patients with carotid artery disease
title_sort association of the circle of willis anomaly and risk of stroke in patients with carotid artery disease
topic circle of Willis
carotid artery diseases
stroke
angiography
url http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2017000700429&lng=en&tlng=en
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