Incidence of Symptomatic Hemorrhage in Patients With Lobar Microbleeds

Author(s):
Etten, E.S. van; Auriel, E.; Haley, K.E.; Ayres, A.M.; Vashkevich, A.; Schwab, K.M.; Rosand, J.; Viswanathan, A.; Greenberg, S.M.; Gurol, M.E.
Published
2014
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor

Abstract

Conclusions-Patients presenting with isolated lobar microbleeds on MRI have a genetic, neuroimaging, and hemorrhagic risk profile suggestive of severe CAA pathology. They have a substantial risk of incident ICH, potentially affecting decisions regarding anticoagulation in clinical situations.

cerebral amyloid angiopathycerebral hemorrhagecerebral microbleedsmagnetic resonance imaging
Date issued
2014-08-01
Language
English
Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
Is part of
Stroke (2014), Vol. 45, no. 8, p. 2280-2285
hdl
1887/99346
doi
10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.005151