Estimating Total Cerebral Microinfarct Burden From Diffusion-Weighted Imaging

Auriel, E.; Westover, M.B.; Bianchi, M.T.; Reijmer, Y.; Martinez-Ramirez, S.; Ni, J.; ... ; Greenberg, S.M. (2015)

Article / Letter to editor

Conclusions-Detecting even a single DWI lesion suggests an annual incidence of hundreds of new CMI. The cumulative effects of these lesions may directly contribute to small-vessel-related vascular cognitive impairment.

• brain
• cerebral hemorrhage
• cerebral infarction
• diffusion magnetic resonance imaging
• mild cognitive impairment

• All authors: Auriel, E.; Westover, M.B.; Bianchi, M.T.; Reijmer, Y.; Martinez-Ramirez, S.; Ni, J.; Etten, E. van; Frosch, M.P.; Fotiadis, P.; Schwab, K.; Vashkevich, A.; Boulouis, G.; Younger, A.P.; Johnson, K.A.; Sperling, R.A.; Hedden, T.; Gurol, M.E.; Viswanathan, A.; Greenberg, S.M.
• Date: 2015-08-01
• Journal: Stroke
• Volume: 46
• Issue: 8
• Pages: 2129 - 2135
• DOI: doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.115.009208