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Lead
University of Maryland, Baltimore
This study will only be evaluating clinical care and no interventions will be done specifically for this research.
* Informed consent from patient or legally authorized representative.
* Participant survey/questionnaire completion at baseline, 6 and 12 months after enrollment
* All data collected will be entered into a secure research data registry created for this study.
Age
40–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Age ≥40 years plus stroke or TIA ipsilateral to 50-99% ICA stenosis
In addition, patients must have at least one clinical or radiologic marker of reduced stroke risk
Clinical Reduced Stroke RISK:
1. Retinal ischemia only (amaurosis fugax, branch retinal artery occlusion (BRAO), central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO)
2. Female sex
3. Most recent stroke or TIA \>1 week ago
Radiologic Reduced Stroke RISK:
1. Transcranial Doppler (TCD) study demonstrating lack of microembolic signals
2. Cross-sectional MRI plaque imaging demonstrating absence of intraplaque hemorrhage
3. For patients with TIA: brain MRI shows no DWI lesion
You may not be if
Atrial fibrillation or other high-risk sources of cardiac embolism unless it is device detected AF only or duration \<6 minutes
Alcohol and substance abuse within the prior 24 months
