Racial differences in the distribution of anterior circulation occlusive disease

摘要: We compared clinical and angiographic features of 26 white 45 black patients with symptomatic occlusive cerebrovascular disease. White had more transient ischemic attacks, carotid bruits, severe disease the internal artery origin. Blacks middle cerebral stem supraclinoid arteries. Differences were not explained by racial differences in prevalence hypertension, diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, or heart Since lesions blacks do correlate other accepted epidemiologic, clinical, laboratory markers atherosclerosis, may arise from a disorder that differs atherosclerosis.