%0 Journal Article %T Multi-modal CT scanning in the evaluation of cerebrovascular disease patients %A Carlo Catalano %A Eytan Raz %A Federica Ciolina %A Jasjit S. Suri %A Lorenzo Mannelli %A Luca Saba %A Mario Piga %A Michele Anzidei %J SCIE-indexed Journal %D 2014 %X Ischemic stroke currently represents one of the leading causes of severe disability and mortality in the western world and its early detection is extremely important (1,2). Several investigations have explored the risk factors for the development of ischemic events by confirming that the atherosclerotic disease of the carotid artery represents an important cause of the strokes (3,4) %U http://cdt.amegroups.com/article/view/3980/4882