Antiplatelet Therapy or Not for Asymptomatic/Incidental Lacunar Infarction

Stroke. 2023 Jul;54(7):1954-1959. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.122.040444. Epub 2023 May 16.

Authors

Amanda E Bilski¹, Hugo J Aparicio^{2

3}, Jose Gutierrez¹, Frank-Erik de Leeuw⁴, Nina A Hilkens⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center (A.E.B., J.G.).
² Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, MA (H.J.A.).
³ Boston Medical Center, MA (H.J.A.).
⁴ Department of Neurology, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Center Nijmegen, the Netherlands (F.-E.d.L., N.A.H.).

No abstract available

Keywords: brain infarction; lacunar; magnetic resonance imaging; prevalence; risk factors.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Brain
Brain Infarction
Cerebral Infarction
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / therapeutic use
Risk Factors
Stroke, Lacunar* / diagnostic imaging

Substances

Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors

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