Angela C C Jochems, Susana Muñoz Maniega, Una Clancy, Carmen Arteaga, Daniela Jaime Garcia, Francesca M Chappell, Will Hewins, Rachel Locherty, Ellen V Backhouse, Gayle Barclay, Charlotte Jardine, Donna McIntyre, Iona Gerrish, Agniete Kampaite, Eleni Sakka, Maria Valdés Hernández, Stewart Wiseman, Mark E Bastin, Michael S Stringer, Michael J Thrippleton, Fergus N Doubal, Joanna M Wardlaw
BACKGROUND: White matter hyperintensities (WMHs) might regress and progress contemporaneously, but we know little about underlying mechanisms. We examined WMH change and underlying quantitative magnetic resonance imaging tissue measures over 1 year in patients with minor ischemic stroke with sporadic cerebral small vessel disease. METHODS AND RESULTS: We defined areas of stable normal-appearing white matter, stable WMHs, progressing and regressing WMHs based on baseline and 1-year brain magnetic resonance imaging...
January 31, 2024: Journal of the American Heart Association