Asymptomatic cerebral microbleeds seen in healthy subjects have a strong association with asymptomatic lacunar infarction

Circulation Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 530-533

  Igase, Michiya ^a,b,c   Tabara, Yasuharu ^b,c   Igase, Keiji ^d   Nagai, Tokihisa ^a   Ochi, Namiko ^a,c   Kido, Tomoko ^a,c   Nakura, Jun ^a   Sadamoto, Kazuhiko ^d   Kohara, Katsuhiko ^a   Miki, Tetsuro ^a,c  

^a Department of Geriatric Medicine ^*  (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c EHIME UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d Washokai Sadamoto Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Cerebrovascular circulation; Hypertension; Metabolic syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBRAL MICROBLEED; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MICROALBUMINURIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RISK FACTOR; SILENT LACUNAR INFARCTION; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 62649092170     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-08-0764     Document Type: Article

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