Abstract
Book Review: “Cerebral Small Vessel Disease”. What’s the Big Deal about Small Vessels?
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A book review on Cerebral Small Vessel Disease by Leonardo Pantoni and Philip B
Small vessel disease includes hypertensive arteriopathy and cerebral amyloid angiopathy as well as a range of less common genetic/hereditary or other forms with various etiologies (1)
These small vessel disease processes can lead to vessel occlusion with small subcortical infarcts – accounting for a third of symptomatic strokes, or to vessel rupture with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage
Summary
A book review on Cerebral Small Vessel Disease by Leonardo Pantoni and Philip B. Asymptomatic small vessel disease revealed by MRI, such as leukoaraiosis, cerebral microbleeds, etc., play a key role in vascular cognitive impairment and dementia, one of the biggest challenges facing all aging societies.
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