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Differential Impact of Lacunes and Microvascular Lesions on Poststroke Depression
Author(s) -
Micaela Santos,
Garry E. Gold,
Enikò Kövari,
François R. Herrmann,
Vasilis P. Bozikas,
Constantin Bouras,
Pantèleimon Giannakopoulos
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.109.548545
Subject(s) - medicine , basal ganglia , thalamus , white matter , depression (economics) , stroke (engine) , cardiology , pathology , hyperintensity , radiology , magnetic resonance imaging , central nervous system , mechanical engineering , macroeconomics , engineering , economics
Previous studies have postulated that poststroke depression (PSD) might be related to cumulative vascular brain pathology rather than to the location and severity of a single macroinfarct. We performed a detailed analysis of all types of microvascular lesions and lacunes in 41 prospectively documented and consecutively autopsied stroke cases.

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