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Change in basilar artery length and bending according to aging and vertebral artery dominance: A longitudinal study.
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Abstract
This study aimed to investigate the basilar artery (BA) geometric changes in a longitudinal study. 154 subjects with normal vertebrobasilar arterial systems on magnetic resonance angiography were assigned into two groups: 1) non-dominant vertebral artery (VA) and 2) VA dominance. We defined the dominant VA as either that the VA is 3 millimeters larger in diameter or the VA is connected to BA in a more straight angle. BA imaging was segmented to obtain BA bending length (BABL) and BA length (BAL). A mixed model ANOVA was conducted to investigate the impact of aging and VA dominance on the change of BABL and BAL after 123.6 ± 16.2 months. There was a significant main effect of VA dominance on the change of BABL after about 10 years, F (1,152) = 39.78, p < 0.01. On the other hand, there was a significant main effect of aging on the change of BAL during the same period of time, F (1,152) = 6.64, p = 0.01. Most subjects had an opposite directional relationship between the dominant VA and BA bending (71.3%; p < 0.01). Our study supported the hypothesis that the bending of the BA depends on the dominance of the VA, whereas the increased length of the BA depends on aging.
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