Silent infarctions in first-ever stroke patients.

Silent infarctions in first-ever stroke patients.

Silent brain infarctions in patients with first-ever stroke. A community-based study in Umbria, Italy.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The relative frequency of computed tomographic evidence of old cerebral infarctions without prior history of stroke, and their effect on short- and long-term outcome of patients with first-ever ischemic stroke, are currently unknown. Silent infarctions may relate to specific risk factors and may influence the rate of survival free of handicap. METHODS We studied the pre...

Silent infarction in patients with first-ever stroke.

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE Silent infarcts (SIs) are commonly found in brain computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of elderly subjects. However, the prevalence of this silent infarction (SI) and risk factors for this entity are not entirely known. This study was aimed to evaluate the prevalence of silent infarcts in brain CT and risk factors in patients admitted with first-ever i...

Silent brain infarctions and leuko-araiosis in Chinese patients with first-ever acute lacunar strokes

We report on silent brain infarction (SBI) and leukoaraiosis (LA) of 23 patients with clinically diagnosed “first-ever” acute ischemic lacunar stroke. The lacunar syndromes were pure motor hemiparesis (10), pure sensory syndrome (2), ataxic hemiparesis (3), dysarthria clumsy hand syndrome (3), and sensorymotor deficit (5). Nineteen out of the 23 patients presented with completed strokes on arri...

Silent Brain Infarctions in Patients

Background and Purpose: The relative frequency of computed tomographic evidence of old cerebral infarctions without prior history of stroke, and their effect on shortand long-term outcome of patients with first-ever ischemic stroke, are currently unknown. Silent infarctions may relate to specific risk factors and may influence the rate of survival free of handicap. Methods: We studied the preva...