title: ABCD2 Score and Large-Artery Atherosclerosis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Extracranial stenosis (ECS) or intracranial stenosis (ICS) are independent risk factors for stroke after transient ischemic attack (TIA). We examined the association of the age, blood pressure, clinical features, duration of symptoms and diabetes (ABCD2) score, a validated risk prediction model for stroke after TIA, and the presence of ICS or ECS.
  
  
  METHODS
  Vascular imaging and ABCD2 scores were obtained in a retrospective cohort of 77 consecutive patients diagnosed with TIA in a single center emergency department. The association between vascular stenosis and ABCD2 scores and how each related to clinical outcome was examined.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In all, 30 (39.2%) TIA patients had 37 stenotic lesions; 15 (40.5%) stenotic lesions were ICS and 22 (59.5%) stenotic lesions were ECS. A total of 7 patients (9.5%) had both ECS and ICS lesions. Patients with ABCD2 > 3 were more likely to have ICS (odds ratio [OR] = 6.25, confidence interval [CI] 1.39-32.44, P = .009) and ECS (OR = 5.25, CI = 1.56-17.66, P = .005). Of the 37 stenotic lesions, 21 (56.7%) were symptomatic; 4 (19.2%) of these had an ABCD2 ≤ 3. At 7 days, there were 4 ischemic strokes, 3 had previously demonstrated symptomatic stenotic lesions, and all had ABCD2 scores > 3.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Compared to patients in the low-risk ABCD2 scores, the patients with medium- to high-risk ABCD2 scores are more likely to have symptomatic and asymptomatic vascular stenotic lesions. However, 1 in 5 patients with low-risk ABCD2 score has symptomatic stenotic lesions, indicating ABCD2 score does not identify all patients with symptomatic stenotic lesions.
authors: Spectrum Health Neurosciences, Grand Rapids, MI, USA.
authors: Archit
authors: A
authors: Bhatt
authors: Muhammad U
authors: MU
authors: Farooq
authors: Adnan
authors: A
authors: Safdar
authors: Siamak
authors: S
authors: Hejabian
authors: Anmar
authors: A
authors: Razak
authors: Syed I
authors: SI
authors: Hussain
authors: Mounzer Y
authors: MY
authors: Kassab
authors: Arshad
authors: A
authors: Majid
keywords: ABCD2; TIA; extracranial stenosis; intracranial stenosis; stenosis
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