Pre-existing Small Vessel Disease in Patients with Acute Stroke from the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and Philippines

Autor: Paula Bourke, Muhammad Faisal Wadiwala, Atlantic D'Souza, Ashfaq Shuaib, Pablo Garcia Bermejo, Sujatha Joseph, Ahmed Own, Surjith Vattoth, Yahia Imam, Naveed Akhtar, Mark Santos, Saadat Kamran, Abdul Salam, Rabia Khan, Ahmed Elsotouhy, Zain A. Bhutta
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Translational Stroke Research. 9:274-282
ISSN: 1868-601X
1868-4483
Popis: Asymptomatic small vessel disease (SVD), including white matter hyperintensities (WMHIs), periventricular hyperintensities (PVHIs), silent stroke (SS), and cerebral microbleeds (CMBs), increases the risk of stroke. There are limited studies of SVD in subjects from the Middle East and Southeast Asia (SA). All patients admitted to stroke service between 2014 and 2015 were reviewed for presence of “pre-existing” SVD. Stroke mimics with no previous history of stroke were used as controls. There were 1727 patients admitted with stroke. Analysis was done on 988 subjects (914 strokes and 74 controls) who had MRI scan done. Pre-existing SVD was seen in 642 (64.9%) patients (WMHIs 19.6%, PVHIs 33.2%, SS 51.4%, and CMBs 22%). Silent strokes were significantly more common with ischemic stroke (IS) compared to intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) (62.0 vs 34.3%, p
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