Cerebral microbleeds are common in ischemic stroke but rare in TIA

• Published in: Neurology Vol. 65; no. 12; p. 1914
• Main Authors: Werring, D J, Coward, L J, Losseff, N A, Jäger, H R, Brown, M M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 27.12.2005
• Subjects: Aged; Biomarkers; Brain - blood supply; Brain - pathology; Brain - physiopathology; Brain Ischemia - epidemiology; Causality; Cerebral Arteries - pathology; Cerebral Arteries - physiopathology; Cerebral Hemorrhage - diagnosis; Cerebral Hemorrhage - epidemiology; Cerebral Hemorrhage - physiopathology; Comorbidity; Female; Humans; Ischemic Attack, Transient - epidemiology; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Microcirculation - pathology; Microcirculation - physiopathology; Middle Aged; Nerve Fibers, Myelinated - pathology; Predictive Value of Tests; Prevalence; Prognosis; Risk Factors; Stroke - diagnosis; Stroke - epidemiology; Stroke - physiopathology

In patients with stroke, gradient-echo MRI commonly detects microbleeds, indicating small artery disease with increased risk of macroscopic intracranial bleeding. Antithrombotic treatments are frequently prescribed after TIA and stroke, but there have been no previous studies of microbleeds in TIA....