Association of White Matter Hyperintensities With Short-Term Outcomes in Patients With Minor Cerebrovascular Events [Clinical Sciences]

Conclusions—Our data suggest that quantitative and qualitative WML assessments are highly correlated and comparable in TIA/minor stroke patients. WML burden is associated with short-term outcome of patients with good prestroke function in the presence of intracranial stenosis/occlusion.

Source: Stroke - March 26, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Charlotte Zerna, Amy Y.X. Yu, Jayesh Modi, Shiel K. Patel, Jonathan I. Coulter, Eric E. Smith, Shelagh B. Coutts Tags: Cerebrovascular Disease/Stroke, Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) Original Contributions Source Type: research