Silent cerebral infarcts in patients with ischemic infarction.
Silent cerebral infarcts occur in patients with chronic nonvalvular atrial fibrillation and asymptomatic or symptomatic carotid stenosis. There is not a well-defined prevalence of asymptomatic lesions in patients with transient ischemic attack or completed strokes. We attempted to determine the occurrence rate of silent brain infarction in a hospital population, including a comparison of the risk factors with those of symptomatic infarction and an evaluation of the relevance of infarction size and location.
From the Department of Neurology, University of Genova, Genova, Italy.
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Loeb
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Del Sette
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Finocchi
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Gandolfo
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Giberti