Hypertension increases the risk of cerebral microbleed in the territory of posterior cerebral artery: A study of the association of microbleeds categorized on a basis of vascular territories and cardiovascular risk factors

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Jia, Zhenyu ^a   Mohammed, Wasif ^a   Qiu, Yiru ^b   Hong, Xunning ^a   Shi, Haibin ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SIEMENS LTD   (China)

Author keywords

Cerebral arterial territory; hypertension; magnetic resonance imaging; microbleeds; posterior cerebral artery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN REGION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LACUNAR STROKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASCULAR AMYLOIDOSIS; WHITE MATTER;

CEREBRAL ARTERIAL TERRITORY; HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROBLEEDS; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREBRAL AMYLOID ANGIOPATHY; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84891775640     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: 15328511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2012.12.016     Document Type: Article

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