Update on cerebral small vessel disease: a dynamic whole-brain disease

Y Shi, JM Wardlaw - Stroke and vascular neurology, 2016 - svn.bmj.com
Cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) is a very common neurological disease in older
people. It causes stroke and dementia, mood disturbance and gait problems. Since it is …

Long-term prognosis after lacunar infarction

B Norrving - The Lancet Neurology, 2003 - thelancet.com
Lacunar infarcts, small deep infarcts that result from occlusion of a penetrating artery,
account for about a quarter of all ischaemic strokes. These infarcts have commonly been …

Enlarged perivascular spaces on MRI are a feature of cerebral small vessel disease

FN Doubal, AMJ MacLullich, KJ Ferguson, MS Dennis… - Stroke, 2010 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—Enlarged perivascular spaces in the brain are common but
generally overlooked and of uncertain pathophysiology. They may reflect underlying …

Posterior versus anterior circulation infarction: how different are the neurological deficits?

WD Tao, M Liu, M Fisher, DR Wang, J Li, KL Furie… - Stroke, 2012 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—Distinguishing between symptoms of posterior circulation
infarction (PCI) and anterior circulation infarction (ACI) can be challenging. This study …

Handicap after stroke: how does it relate to disability, perception of recovery, and stroke subtype? The North East Melbourne Stroke Incidence Study (NEMESIS)

JW Sturm, HM Dewey, GA Donnan, RAL Macdonell… - Stroke, 2002 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—Knowledge of patterns of handicap after stroke and of the
relationship among handicap, disability, perception of recovery, and stroke subtype is …

Delirium in the acute phase after stroke: incidence, risk factors, and outcome

AW Oldenbeuving, PLM De Kort, BPW Jansen… - Neurology, 2011 - AAN Enterprises
Objectives: This prospective cohort study assesses incidence of delirium after stroke. In
addition, risk factors during the first week were assessed. Finally, outcome in relation to …

Does hypothermia influence the predictive value of bilateral absent N20 after cardiac arrest?

C Leithner, CJ Ploner, D Hasper, C Storm - Neurology, 2010 - AAN Enterprises
Background: Bilateral absent N20 responses of median nerve somatosensory evoked
potentials (SEPs) reliably predict poor prognosis after cardiac arrest. However, the studies …

Fractal analysis of retinal vessels suggests that a distinct vasculopathy causes lacunar stroke

FN Doubal, TJ MacGillivray, N Patton, B Dhillon… - Neurology, 2010 - AAN Enterprises
Objectives: Lacunar strokes account for 25% of all ischemic strokes and may represent the
cerebral manifestation of a systemic small vessel vasculopathy of unknown etiology. Altered …

Risk factors and outcome of subtypes of ischemic stroke. Data from a multicenter multinational hospital-based registry. The European Community Stroke Project

A Di Carlo, M Lamassa, M Baldereschi… - Journal of the …, 2006 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Information on determinants and prognosis of ischemic stroke subtypes is
scarce. We aimed at evaluating risk factors, pathogenesis, treatment and outcome of …

Retinal microvasculature in acute lacunar stroke: a cross-sectional study

RI Lindley, JJ Wang, MC Wong, P Mitchell… - The Lancet …, 2009 - thelancet.com
Background Lacunar stroke accounts for a quarter of cases of acute ischaemic stroke;
however, its underlying pathophysiology remains unclear. Our aim was to establish whether …