Joanna M Wardlaw, Hugues Chabriat, Frank-Erik de Leeuw, Stéphanie Debette, Martin Dichgans, Fergus Doubal, Hanna Jokinen, Aristeidis H Katsanos, Raffaele Ornello, Leonardo Pantoni, Marco Pasi, Aleksandra M Pavlovic, Salvatore Rudilosso, Reinhold Schmidt, Julie Staals, Martin Taylor-Rowan, Salman Hussain, Arne G Lindgren
A quarter of ischaemic strokes are lacunar subtype, typically neurologically mild, usually resulting from intrinsic cerebral small vessel pathology, with risk factor profiles and outcome rates differing from other stroke subtypes. This European Stroke Organisation (ESO) guideline provides evidence-based recommendations to assist with clinical decisions about management of lacunar ischaemic stroke to prevent adverse clinical outcomes. The guideline was developed according to ESO standard operating procedures and Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) methodology...
March 2024: European Stroke Journal