Stroke patients with cerebral microbleeds on MRI scans have arteriolosclerosis as well as systemic atherosclerosis

Hypertension Research

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 975-979

  Shimoyama, Takashi ^a,b   Iguchi, Yasuyuki ^b   Kimura, Kazumi ^b   Mitsumura, Hidetaka ^a   Sengoku, Renpei ^a   Kono, Yu ^a   Morita, Masayo ^a   Mochio, Soichiro ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

arteriolosclerosis; cardio ankle vascular index; cerebral microbleeds; ischemic stroke; systemic atherosclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERIOLOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIO ANKLE VASCULAR INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LACUNAR STROKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULSATILE FLOW; STROKE;

EID: 84867203627     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: 13484214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hr.2012.84     Document Type: Article

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