Editorial comment: Changes in high-resolution vessel wall imaging features before and after PTAS for severe intracranial artery stenosis: predicting clinical outcomes within one year

Abstract

Periprocedural HR-VWI plays an important role in the prediction of one-year outcomes of SICAS patients who underwent PTAS.• The study further expands the application of lesion wall enhancement on HR-VWI as a predictor of RCIS after PTAS.

Risk prediction of CISS classification in endovascular treatment of basilar artery stenosis

“…The distribution of basilar atherosclerotic plaques is long and evenly affects the ventral, dorsal, and lateral walls, and the plaques on the dorsal and lateral walls are associated with symptomatic pontine infarction and not with asymptomatic infarction [ 10 ]. High-resolution magnetic resonance vessel wall imaging (HRMR VWI) can be used to assess the location of plaques, vulnerability, and its relationship to important branch vessels in severe stenosis of the symptomatic basilar artery, helping to increase the safety of endovascular therapy [ 11 , 12 ].…”