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lüll Low-grade carotid stenosis: looking beyond the lumen with MRI Wasserman BA; Wityk RJ; Trout HH 3rd; Virmani RStroke 2005[Nov]; 36 (11): 2504-13BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The management of carotid atherosclerosis is well-established for symptomatic stenosis above 69%, but the optimal approach for managing lower degrees of narrowing remains uncertain. Because the risk of stroke increases with higher grades of stenosis, we are inclined to consider low-grade disease to be low risk. This approach, however, does not take into account other factors such as plaque size or composition. Plaque may progress to a substantial size before it demonstrates significant stenosis by angiography. We know that low-grade disease can result in cerebrovascular ischemic events, but predicting vulnerable lesions has not been possible by relying on stenosis alone. SUMMARY OF REVIEW: An understanding of the clinical behavior of plaque causing little to no narrowing is now possible with the advent of high-resolution black blood MRI, a modality that does not rely on luminal narrowing for detection. CONCLUSIONS: We present the current understanding of the clinical implications of low-grade carotid stenosis with an example of the MRI assessment of high-risk carotid plaque causing minimal narrowing that highlights the importance of looking beyond the lumen.|Aged[MESH]|Atherosclerosis/pathology[MESH]|Carotid Arteries/*pathology[MESH]|Carotid Artery Diseases/pathology[MESH]|Carotid Stenosis/*pathology[MESH]|Clinical Trials as Topic[MESH]|Disease Progression[MESH]|Female[MESH]|Humans[MESH]|Magnetic Resonance Imaging/*methods[MESH]|Male[MESH]|Prospective Studies[MESH]|Research Design[MESH]|Risk[MESH]|Risk Factors[MESH] |