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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Enlarged perivascular spaces (also known as Virchow-Robin spaces) on T2-weighted brain magnetic resonance imaging are common, but their etiology, and specificity to small vessel as opposed to general cerebrovascular disease or ageing, is unclear. We tested the association between enlarged perivascular spaces and ischemic stroke subtype, other markers of small vessel disease, and common vascular risk factors. METHODS: We prospectively recruited patients with acute stroke, diagnosed and subtyped by a stroke physician using clinical features and brain magnetic resonance imaging. A neuroradiologist rated basal ganglia and centrum semiovale enlarged perivascular spaces on a five-point scale, white matter lesions, recent and old infarcts, and cerebral atrophy. We assessed associations between basal ganglia-, centrum semiovale- and total (combined basal ganglia and centrum semiovale) enlarged perivascular spaces, stroke subtype, white matter lesions, atrophy, and vascular risk factors. RESULTS: Among 298 patients (mean age 68 years), after adjusting for vascular risk factors and white matter lesions, basal ganglia-enlarged perivascular spaces were associated with increasing age (P = 0·001), centrum semiovale-enlarged perivascular spaces (P
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 376-381 |
Journal | International Journal of Stroke |
Volume | 10 |
Issue number | 3 |
Early online date | 22 May 2013 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Apr 2015 |
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Can retinal vascular abnormalities shed light on the pathiophysioologyof lacunar strokes
25/04/05 → 24/07/08
Project: Research