Researchers tracking patients with mild stroke found that abnormal widening and distortion of brain arteries, not traditional large-artery narrowing, was most strongly linked to progressive ...

Lacunar Infarction: (Left) Flair axial MRI: (Right) Diffusion-weighted MRI. Note the numerous white matter lesions in the Flair image, consistent with small vessel disease. However, it is not possible ...

Findings suggest that patients with lacunar stroke should be evaluated using an appropriate cognitive screening tool, such as the Brief Memory and Executive Test (BMET). A case-control study included ...

Cilostazol and isosorbide mononitrate, two widely available drugs that have beneficial effects on endothelial function, appear to improve functional and cognitive outcomes when used in patients who ...

A stroke occurs when blood flow to the brain is interrupted or blocked. A lacunar stroke is a type of ischemic stroke that occurs when blood flow to one of the small arteries deep within the brain ...

Headache is infrequent in acute lacunar infarction, but it might nevertheless have important clinical implications. Arboix et al. investigated whether the site of infarct affects the incidence of ...

Feb. 5, 2004 -- Magnesium administered within 12 hours of an acute stroke did not improve outcome except perhaps for lacunar infarcts, according to the results of a large randomized trial published in ...

Every year, millions of stroke survivors are prescribed aspirin, cholesterol-lowering drugs, and blood pressure medications to reduce their risk of another stroke. But for people who experience the ...

A new study suggests aspirin may offer less protection against lacunar ischemic strokes, which are linked to damage in the brain’s smallest blood vessels. Researchers analyzed data from 229 people and ...

Scientists have identified new genetic clues in people who've had small and often apparently 'silent' strokes that are difficult to treat and a major cause of vascular dementia, according to new ...

You have likely heard the term "cerebral infarction" at least once.A cerebral infarction is a disease in which brain cells do ...