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Small Vessel Cerebrovascular Disease: The Past, Present, and Future
Brain infarction due to small vessel cerebrovascular disease (SVCD)—also known as small vessel infarct (SVI) or “lacunar” stroke—accounts for 20% to 25% of all ischemic strokes. Historically, SVIs have been associated with a favorable short-term prognosis. However, studies over the years have demons...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3270464/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22315706 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/839151 |
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author | Behrouz, Réza Malek, Ali R. Torbey, Michel T. |
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description | Brain infarction due to small vessel cerebrovascular disease (SVCD)—also known as small vessel infarct (SVI) or “lacunar” stroke—accounts for 20% to 25% of all ischemic strokes. Historically, SVIs have been associated with a favorable short-term prognosis. However, studies over the years have demonstrated that SVCD/SVI is perhaps a more complex and less benign phenomenon than generally presumed. The currently employed diagnostic and therapeutic strategies are based upon historical and contemporary perceptions of SVCD/SVI. What is discovered in the future will unmask the true countenance of SVCD/SVI and help furnish more accurate prognostication schemes and effective treatments for this condition. This paper is an overview of SVCD/SVI with respect to the discoveries of the past, what is known now, and what will the ongoing investigations evince in the future. |
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spelling | pubmed-32704642012-02-07 Small Vessel Cerebrovascular Disease: The Past, Present, and Future Behrouz, Réza Malek, Ali R. Torbey, Michel T. Stroke Res Treat Review Article Brain infarction due to small vessel cerebrovascular disease (SVCD)—also known as small vessel infarct (SVI) or “lacunar” stroke—accounts for 20% to 25% of all ischemic strokes. Historically, SVIs have been associated with a favorable short-term prognosis. However, studies over the years have demonstrated that SVCD/SVI is perhaps a more complex and less benign phenomenon than generally presumed. The currently employed diagnostic and therapeutic strategies are based upon historical and contemporary perceptions of SVCD/SVI. What is discovered in the future will unmask the true countenance of SVCD/SVI and help furnish more accurate prognostication schemes and effective treatments for this condition. This paper is an overview of SVCD/SVI with respect to the discoveries of the past, what is known now, and what will the ongoing investigations evince in the future. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-01-24 /pmc/articles/PMC3270464/ /pubmed/22315706 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/839151 Text en Copyright © 2012 Réza Behrouz et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Article Behrouz, Réza Malek, Ali R. Torbey, Michel T. Small Vessel Cerebrovascular Disease: The Past, Present, and Future |
title | Small Vessel Cerebrovascular Disease: The Past, Present, and Future |
title_full | Small Vessel Cerebrovascular Disease: The Past, Present, and Future |
title_fullStr | Small Vessel Cerebrovascular Disease: The Past, Present, and Future |
title_full_unstemmed | Small Vessel Cerebrovascular Disease: The Past, Present, and Future |
title_short | Small Vessel Cerebrovascular Disease: The Past, Present, and Future |
title_sort | small vessel cerebrovascular disease: the past, present, and future |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3270464/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22315706 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/839151 |
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