Autoimmune vasculitis is a group of conditions that cause blood vessel inflammation. Examples include Kawasaki disease and giant cell arteritis. They develop as a result of an overreaction of your ...

What is mild chronic small vessel disease? Mild chronic small vessel disease, or cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD), is an umbrella term for a range of conditions caused by damage to small blood ...

Comorbidity burden may affect the outcome following endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) for medium‐vessel occlusions. Since patients with high comorbidity burden are likely to be underrepresented in ...

Although the central retinal artery is not thought to be directly involved in giant cell arteritis, occlusion of this artery can occur owing to proximal vessel disease. [116] AION can occur in the ...

UBC scientists may have uncovered a new explanation for how Alzheimer’s disease destroys the brain – a profusion of blood vessels. While the death of cells, whether they are in the walls of blood ...

The types of posterior segment clinical signs relating to the various vasculitides are influenced by the diameter of vessel involved ... specific to any type of vasculitis Often, the development ...

Orthogonal research approaches in model systems have converged on similar themes, and future research will increasingly rely on multidisciplinary approaches to functionally characterize genetic ...

Brain vessel status is a promising biomarker for better prevention and treatment in cerebrovascular disease. However, classic rule-based vessel segmentation algorithms need to be hand-crafted and are ...