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Intracranial arterial calcification and recurrent stroke and mortality: clinical associations and AI-based detection
Sandra Elsheikh 1,2,3
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Jianyang Xie 1,4
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Yuankai Wang 1,4
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Greg J. Irving 1,3,5
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Andrew M. Hill 1,3
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Yalin Zheng 1,4
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Gregory Y.H. Lip 1,2,6,7
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Azmil H. Abdul-Rahim 1,2,3
 
 
 
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Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences, University of Liverpool, UK
 
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Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Liverpool, UK
 
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Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Prescot, UK
 
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Department of Eye and Vision Sciences, University of Liverpool, UK
 
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Health Research Institute, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, UK
 
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Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
 
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Department of Cardiology, Lipidology and Internal Medicine with Intensive Coronary Care Unit, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland
 
 
Submission date: 2026-10-05
 
 
Acceptance date: 2026-10-19
 
 
Online publication date: 2026-10-23
 
 
Corresponding author
Gregory Y.H. Lip   

Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences Faculty of Health and Life Sciences University of Liverpool, UK Department of Clinical Medicine Aalborg University Aalborg, Denmark Department of Cardiology, Lipidology and Internal Medicine with Intensive Coronary Care Unit Medical University of Bialystok, Poland
 
 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms/241915
 
 
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