The association between total SVD score and cardio-ankle vascular index

Preprocedural Fibrosis-4 Index Is Independently Associated with Previous Cerebrovascular Events in Patients Undergoing Carotid Artery Stenting

ObjectiveThe Fibrosis-4 (FIB-4) index is a simple, non-invasive marker originally developed to estimate hepatic fibrosis and has recently emerged as a potential indicator of systemic inflammation and atherosclerosis. This study investigated the association between the preprocedural FIB-4 index and previous cerebrovascu...

Cerebral Small Vessel Disease and Risk of Cardiovascular Events and All-Cause Mortality: The Framingham Heart Study

BACKGROUND: The effect of neurovascular health on cardiovascular outcomes is not well-known. Cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) signals subclinical vascular brain injury and its quantification may serve as a tool to stratify risk in healthy individuals. Studying the relations of CSVD to cardiovascular events and mort...

Current Medical Imaging

Association of total cerebral small vessel disease burden with left ventricular hypertrophy and geometry in patients with ischemic stroke

Purpose Cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) is a key driver of motor dysfunction, cognitive impairment, and physical frailty. Cardiac structural alterations, particularly left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), are important prognostic markers for adverse cardiovascular outcomes. Both conditions share common risk factors,...

Intracranial Vessel Morphology in RNF213-Related Vasculopathy: A Quantitative Imaging Study in Ischemic Stroke Patients

Background and Purpose The RNF213 p.R4810K variant is a major susceptibility allele for moyamoya disease (MMD) in East Asians. This study investigated the relationship between RNF213 variants and intracranial vessel morphology in acute ischemic stroke. Methods Patients from the Samsung Medical Center (SMC) Stroke Regis...

CEREBRAL SMALL VESSEL DISEASE IN YOUNG PATIENTS WITH ISCHEMIC STROKE: PREVALENCE OF MARKERS AND IMPACT ON COGNITIVE OUTCOMES

Introduction. Cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) is the leading cause of vascular cognitive impairment, accounting for 10–30% of all strokes. Despite the increasing incidence of ischemic stroke (IS) among young adults (under 50 years of age), the prevalence and pattern of CSVD MRI markers, as well as their role in th...