title: The study of fetal-type posterior cerebral circulation on multislice CT angiography and its influence on cerebral ischemic strokes.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose was to evaluate if patients with partial and full fetal-type posterior cerebral artery (PCA) could be more prone to lead to ischemic strokes on multislice computed tomographic angiography (MSCTA).
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 202 patients who had undergone MSCTA examinations were divided into three groups: patients with full fetal-type posterior (FTP), patients with partial FTP, and patients without FTP. The odds ratio of having ischemic strokes was calculated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The odds of having ischemic strokes in patients with full and partial FTP were 1.448 and 3.027, while P values were .391 and .0307, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patients with a partial fetal-type PCA could be more prone to develop ischemic strokes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China 430030.
authors.forename: Roshan Kumar
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Arjal
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China 430030.
authors.forename: Tingting
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China 430030. Electronic address: cjr.zhouyicheng@vip.163.com.
authors.forename: Yicheng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D061330:Multidetector Computed Tomography; D020769:Posterior Cerebral Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D020521:Stroke / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Cerebral angiography; Circle of Willis; Hypoplasia; Posterior cerebral artery (PCA); Stroke