Homocysteine is Associated with the Development of Cerebral Small Vessel Disease: Retrospective Analyses from Neuroimaging and Cognitive Outcomes

Cerebral small vessel disease (cSVD) includes a wide spectrum of pathological, neuroimaging, and clinical processes with various aetiologies that affect small arteries, arterioles, capillaries, and venules of the brain.1 With the intensified aging trend of the population, increased use of brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has revealed heavy cSVD burdens, contributing to about 25% of ischaemic strokes, most haemorrhagic strokes, and nearly half of dementia cases in the world.2 Usually occult in onset, cSVD progresses slowly but finally induces complex consequences, posing a tough challenge to clinical management.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - Category: Neurology Authors: Source Type: research