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Cardiovascular Management in Asymptomatic (Silent) Cerebral Microbleeds and Suspected Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy.
Stroke; a Journal of Cerebral Circulation 2024 March 12
Cerebral microbleeds (CMBs) detected on blood-sensitive magnetic resonance imaging sequences are usually a sign of an underlying cerebral small vessel disease such as sporadic cerebral amyloid angiopathy or sporadic nonamyloid small vessel pathology (eg, arteriolosclerosis). Much of the enduring interest in CMBs relates to their high prevalence (partly due to the widespread use of magnetic resonance imaging) in the context of stroke, cognitive impairment and in healthy individuals, and the clinical uncertainties created about the safety of antithrombotic medications due to their association with both future hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke. Historically, the research literature overwhelmingly emphasized the future hemorrhagic risk associated with CMBs, potentially leading to unnecessary withholding of treatments proven effective at preventing thrombosis, such as anticoagulants in patients with atrial fibrillation who happened to have some microbleeds. The lack of strong guidelines in this area contributes to wide variation in clinical practice. In this article, we critically review and discuss the implications of silent CMBs and cortical superficial siderosis (ie, without symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage) in different clinical settings: the general population, patients with ischemic stroke, and the memory clinic. Emerging evidence, albeit not from randomized controlled trials, suggests that in most patients, CMBs alone should not prevent the use of antithrombotics or anticoagulants for stroke prevention, when they are otherwise indicated. Where possible, we provide specific suggestions for clinical care grounded in both the limited available literature and our personal clinical practice.
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