Prevalence of cerebral microbleeds and other cardiovascular risk factors in elderly patients with acute ischemic stroke

Abstract Background Cerebral microbleeds are small, round dark-signal foci in the T2*-weighted magnetic resonance imaging. They are encountered in cerebral amyloid angiopathy and hypertensive vasculopathy. Their prevalence is common in ischemic stroke and cerebral hemorrhage. The purpose of this stu...

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Main Authors: Abeer Abdelzaher Ibrahim, Yosra Abdelzaher Ibrahim, Eman A. Darwish, Nivan Hany Khater
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-10-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s43055-019-0034-7