Prevalence of brain MRI markers of haemorrhagic risk in patients with stroke and atrial fibrillation

Background and Purpose: Cerebral microbleeds, cortical superficial siderosis, white matter lesions and cerebral atrophy may signify greater bleeding risk particularly in patients in whom anticoagulation is to be considered. We investigated their prevalence and associations with stroke type in patien...

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Main Authors: Christopher Karayiannis, Cathy Soufan, Ronil V Chandra, Thanh G Phan, Kitty Wong, Shaloo Singhal, Lee-Anne Slater, John Ly, Chris Moran, Velandai Srikanth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
MRI
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fneur.2016.00151/full