Enlarged Perivascular Spaces on MRI Are a Feature of Cerebral Small Vessel Disease
Author(s) -
Fergus Doubal,
Alasdair M. J. MacLullich,
Karen Ferguson,
Martin Dennis,
Joanna M. Wardlaw
Publication year - 2010
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.109.564914
Subject(s) - medicine , perivascular space , feature (linguistics) , magnetic resonance imaging , stroke (engine) , radiology , pathology , philosophy , linguistics , mechanical engineering , engineering
Enlarged perivascular spaces in the brain are common but generally overlooked and of uncertain pathophysiology. They may reflect underlying cerebral small vessel disease. We determined whether enlarged perivascular spaces were associated with lacunar stroke subtype and white matter hyperintensities, markers of established small vessel disease.
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