[Leucoaraiosis: correlation of arterial hypertension and lacunar infarct (study of 80 patients)].
We studied 80 patients with lacunar strokes in the attempt to find a relation between lacunar strokes, arterial hypertension and leucoaraiosis. Leucoaraiosis was found in 47 patients (58,75%) on CT-scan. Our findings emphasize that arterial hypertension is the most important risk factor of leucoaraiosis (p less than 0.003); but we did not find a relation between the admission value of systolic or diastolic blood pressure and leucoaraiosis. Our data do not confirm the hypothesis that leucoaraiosis may be the result of a confluence of several lacunar infarcts, although we found that a rarefaction of cerebral white matter was associated with arterial hypertension.
Divisione di Neurologia, Presidio Ospedaliero di Gorizia, Italia.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Leucoaraiose: corrélations entre hypertension artérielle et infarctus lacunaires (étude de 80 sujets).