MRI in the management of cerebrovascular disease to prevent stroke.

Cerebrovascular disease is a heterogeneous disease that may require objective criteria for developing optimal recurrent stroke prevention strategies. MRI and magnetic resonance angiography together with magnetic resonance perfusion and functional MRI provide sufficient parameters to tailor medical and surgical interventions for each patient and to monitor disease compensation or progression. These MRI procedures are demonstrated by clinical cases of advanced cerebrovascular pathology in which treatment varied from medical management to surgical intervention.