Brain microbleeds relate to higher ambulatory blood pressure levels in first-ever lacunar stroke patients

Stroke

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3264-3268

  Staals, Julie ^a   Van Oostenbrugge, Robert J ^a,b   Knottnerus, Iris L H ^a,b   Rouhl, Rob P W ^a   Henskens, Léon H G ^c   Lodder, Jan ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Sittard Geleen Heerlen   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; Brain microbleeds; Lacunar stroke

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACUNAR STROKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOLES; BRAIN; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 70349686910     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.109.558049     Document Type: Article

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