3-D MRI helps discover the high risk of carotid artery disease

Researchers using 3-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging to accurately find carotid artery wall bleeding, a cause of stroke

When the aorta is atherosclerosis, fat sediments, and accumulation in the Interior of the vascular wall plaque.

This series of disease over time leading to narrowing of blood vessels, restrict blood flow or cause the blood vessel is completely blocked. Until recently, scientific researchers believe such as narrow and narrow phenomenon is causing most of the causes of heart disease and stroke. But new research shows mixed architecture complex formation of plaque and vascular disease is fatal. These plaques are superficial ulcer, blood clots and in vascular wall hemorrhage features "in our research will have a substantial change," University of Toronto's Allen .R. Mr. Moody: "we now know in plaque in the carotid artery may result in mixed stroke of precursors, and than Vascular Stenosis. "This latest study results suggested 3-D magnetic resonance imaging techniques may prove to be a judge of a high school wind risk patients useful imaging tools. In the study, the researchers use the 3-D magnetic resonance imaging 11 men aged 60-81 of carotid artery disease patients in the trial. These operative for carotid artery plaque through from these patients diseased artery was obtained and analyzed through the microscope. The research team found by magnetic resonance recognition of lesion and microscope analysis of tissue samples highly consistent. "Using a high-resolution 3-D magnetic resonance technology, we can not go through the intervention of the organization within the arterial wall and discovery may lead to the risk of stroke in patients with plaque of minor bleeding," Moody. According to Moody 's, 3-D MRI is an ideal for filter high risk structure complex of carotid plaque of tools and monitoring in patients with involvement of atherosclerosis, slow the progression of the disease. This technology can simply be description and application. Loaded into the angiography of only takes a few minutes.