Robert Kwee1, Paul Hofman1, Ed
Gronenschild2, Robert van Oostenbrugge2, Werner Mess2,
Johannes ter Berg3, Cees Franke4, Arthur Korten5,
B Meems6, Jos van Engelshoven2, Joachim Wildberger2,
Eline Kooi2
1Maastricht University
Medical Center, Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands; 2Maastricht
University Medical Center, Netherlands; 3Orbis Medical Center
Sittard, Netherlands; 4Atrium Medical Center Parkstad Heerlen,
Netherlands; 5Laurentius Hospital Roermond, Netherlands; 6VieCuri
Medical Center, Netherlands
In TIA/stroke patients with carotid stenosis, we found no associations between carotid plaque characteristics and ipsilateral white matter lesion severity and progression over a one-year period. This suggests that there is no causal relationship between carotid plaque vulnerability and the occurrence of white matter lesions.