Diagnostic value of lobar microbleeds in individuals without intracerebral hemorrhage

Martinez-Ramirez, S.; Romero, J.R.; Shoamanesh, A.; McKee, A.C.; Etten, E. van; Pontes-Neto, O.; ... ; Viswanathan, A. (2015)

Article / Letter to editor

Discussion: Strictly lobar MBs strongly predict CAA in non-ICH individuals when found in a hospital context. However, their diagnostic accuracy in the general population appears limited. (C) 2015 The Alzheimer's Association. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

• Cerebral amyloid angiopathy
• Microbleed
• Intracerebral hemorrhage
• Boston criteria
• Sensitivity
• Specificity
• Predictive value
• Likelihood ratio

• All authors: Martinez-Ramirez, S.; Romero, J.R.; Shoamanesh, A.; McKee, A.C.; Etten, E. van; Pontes-Neto, O.; Macklin, E.A.; Ayres, A.; Auriel, E.; Himali, J.J.; Beiser, A.S.; DeCarli, C.; Stein, T.D.; Alvarez, V.E.; Frosch, M.P.; Rosand, J.; Greenberg, S.M.; Gurol, M.E.; Seshadri, S.; Viswanathan, A.
• Date: 2015-12-01
• Journal: Alzheimer's and Dementia
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 12
• Pages: 1480 - 1488
• DOI: doi:10.1016/j.jalz.2015.04.009