The presence and severity of cerebral small vessel disease increases the frequency of stroke in a cohort of patients with large artery occlusive disease.

Cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) commonly coexists with large artery atherosclerosis (LAA).We evaluate the effect of SVD on stroke recurrence in patients for ischemic stroke with LAA.We consecutively collected first-ever ischemic stroke patients who were classified as LAA mechanism between Jan 20...

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Main Authors: Ki-Woong Nam, Hyung-Min Kwon, Jae-Sung Lim, Moon-Ku Han, Hyunwoo Nam, Yong-Seok Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5633141?pdf=render