"Patients with poor collateral vessels have been termed fast progressors in whom infarct growth rate is quick compared to patients with strong collaterals, the slow progressors who are able to tolerate ischaemia longer without progressing to infarction 1. Younger patients and women show usually better collaterals 9. Hypertension and metabolic syndrome also compromise collateral function 9."
"Patients with poor collateral vessels have been termed fast progressors in whom infarct growth rate is quick compared to patients with strong collaterals, the slow progressors who are able to tolerate ischaemia longer without progressing to infarction 1. Younger patients and women show usually better collaterals 9. Hypertension and metabolic syndrome also compromise collateral function 9."
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"Collateral scoring systems"
"There are three main anatomical categories of cerebrovascular collaterals 9:"