Racial Differences in the Distribution of Anterior Circulation Occlusive Disease

Author

Philip B. Gorelick
Louis R. Caplan
Daniel B. Hier, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyFollow
Sherry L. Parker
Dushyant Patel

Abstract

We Compared Clinical and Angiographic Features of 26 White and 45 Black Patients with Symptomatic Occlusive Cerebrovascular Disease. White Patients Had More Transient Ischemic Attacks, Carotid Bruits, and More Severe Occlusive Disease of the Internal Carotid Artery Origin. Blacks Had More Severe Disease of the Middle Cerebral Artery Stem and Supraclinoid Internal Carotid Arteries. Differences Were Not Explained by Racial Differences in the Prevalence of Hypertension, Diabetes, Hypercholesterolemia, or Ischemic Heart Disease. Since the Middle Cerebral Artery Lesions in Blacks Do Not Correlate with Other Accepted Epidemiologic, Clinical, and Laboratory Markers of Atherosclerosis, the Lesions May Arise from a Disorder that Differs from Atherosclerosis. © 1984 American Academy of Neurology.

Recommended Citation

P. B. Gorelick et al., "Racial Differences in the Distribution of Anterior Circulation Occlusive Disease," Neurology, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 54 - 59, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins; American Academy of Neurology (AAN), Jan 1984.

The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.34.1.54

Department(s)

Chemistry

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

1526-632X; 0028-3878

Document Type

Article - Journal

Document Version

Citation

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2023 Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins; American Academy of Neurology (AAN), All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Jan 1984

PubMed ID

6537853