Association of Ultrasonographic Parameters with Subclinical White-Matter Hyperintensities in Hypertensive Patients

Background and Purpose. Cerebral white matter hyperintensities (WMHs) are regarded as typical MRI expressions of small-vessel disease (SVD) and are common in hypertensive patients. Hypertension induces pathologic changes in macrocirculation and in microcirculation. Changes in microcirculation may l...

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Main Authors: Heliopoulos, Ioannis, Artemis, Dimitrios, Vadikolias, Konstantinos, Tripsianis, Grigorios, Piperidou, Charitomeni, Tsivgoulis, Georgios
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3463900/