Distribution of Lacunar Infarcts in Asians With Intracerebral Hemorrhage [Brief Report]

Conclusions—Our findings expand on recent work showing that lobar lacunes are more frequent in CAA-ICH than hypertensive ICH. Their independent association with lobar cerebral microbleeds and brain amyloid deposition suggests a relationship with CAA even in an Asian cohort with overall higher hypertensive load.

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Source: Stroke - May 25, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Hsin-Hsi Tsai, Marco Pasi, Li-Kai Tsai, Ya-Fang Chen, Bo-Ching Lee, Sung-Chun Tang, Panagiotis Fotiadis, Chen-Yu Huang, Ruoh-Fang Yen, M. Edip Gurol, Jiann-Shing Jeng Tags: Intracranial Hemorrhage Brief Reports Source Type: research