Jente Willems

  Faculty of Health, Medicine & Life Sciences | Bachelor Biomedical Sciences

"The predictive value of carotid plaque burden on computed tomography angiography for recurrent ischaemic stroke and transient ischaemic attack: The Plaque At RISK (PARISK) study"

Jente's elevator pitch
"Patients with symptomatic carotid stenosis are at increased risk for recurrent ischaemic stroke and may therefore benefit from carotid endarterectomy (CEA). Currently, primarily the degree of stenosis is used to stratify patients for CEA. Nevertheless, symptomatic patients with mild stenosis may still carry a considerable risk. This thesis investigated the predictive value of carotid plaque burden on CT Angiography (CTA) for recurrent ipsilateral ischaemic cerebrovascular symptoms in transient ischaemic attack (TIA) and stroke patients. Plaque burden on CTA was found to be an independent predictor for recurrent ipsilateral stroke or TIA."