Cerebral Microbleeds Are Associated with an Increased Risk of Stroke: The Rotterdam Study

Circulation

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 509-516

  Akoudad, Saloua ^a,b,c   Portegies, Marileen L P ^a,c   Koudstaal, Peter J ^c   Hofman, Albert ^a   Van Der Lugt, Aad ^b   Ikram, M Arfan ^a,b,c   Vernooij, Meike W ^a,b  

^a Departments of Epidemiology   (Netherlands)

^b Departments of Radiology   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cerebral microbleeds; epidemiology; hemorrhage; magnetic resonance imaging; stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VASCULAR AMYLOIDOSIS; AGED; BRAIN; CEREBRAL AMYLOID ANGIOPATHY; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; DISEASE COURSE; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; NETHERLANDS; PATHOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; CEREBRAL AMYLOID ANGIOPATHY; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NEUROIMAGING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 84939435660     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.115.016261     Document Type: Article

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