Mirthe Coenen, Floor A S de Kort, Nick A Weaver, Hugo J Kuijf, Hugo Paul Aben, Hee-Joon Bae, Régis Bordet, Christopher Lh Chen, Anna Dewenter, Thomas Doeven, Thibaut Dondaine, Marco Duering, Rong Fang, Ruben S van der Giessen, Jonguk Kim, Beom Joon Kim, Paul L M de Kort, Peter Koudstaal, Minwoo Lee, Jae-Sung Lim, Renaud Lopes, Robert J van Oostenbrugge, Julie Staals, Kyung-Ho Yu, Geert Jan Biessels, J Matthijs Biesbroek
BACKGROUND: Post-stroke cognitive impairment (PSCI) occurs in up to 50% of stroke survivors. Presence of pre-existing vascular brain injury, in particular the extent of white matter hyperintensities (WMH), is associated with worse cognitive outcome after stroke, but the role of WMH location in this association is unclear. AIM: We determined if WMH in strategic white matter tracts explain cognitive performance after stroke. METHODS: Individual patient data from 9 ischemic stroke cohorts with MRI were harmonized through the Meta VCI Map consortium...
April 23, 2024: International Journal of Stroke: Official Journal of the International Stroke Society