Pathophysiology of lacunar stroke: history's mysteries and modern interpretations

RW Regenhardt, AS Das, R Ohtomo, EH Lo… - Journal of Stroke and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Since the term “lacune” was adopted in the 1800s to describe infarctions from cerebral small
vessels, their underlying pathophysiological basis remained obscure until the 1960s when …

Plasma β-amyloid and white matter lesions in AD, MCI, and cerebral amyloid angiopathy

ME Gurol, MC Irizarry, EE Smith, S Raju… - Neurology, 2006 - AAN Enterprises
Background: Microvascular brain injury, typically measured by extent of white matter
hyperintensity (WMH) on MRI, is an important contributor to cognitive impairment in the …

Spatial distribution of white-matter hyperintensities in Alzheimer disease, cerebral amyloid angiopathy, and healthy aging

CM Holland, EE Smith, I Csapo, ME Gurol, DA Brylka… - Stroke, 2008 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—White-matter hyperintensities (WMHs) detected by magnetic
resonance imaging are thought to represent the effects of cerebral small-vessel disease and …

Treatment approaches to lacunar stroke

AS Das, RW Regenhardt, SK Feske… - Journal of Stroke and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Lacunar strokes are appropriately named for their ability to cavitate and form ponds or “little
lakes”(Latin: lacune-ae meaning pond or pit is a diminutive form of lacus meaning lake) …

Total magnetic resonance imaging burden of small vessel disease in cerebral amyloid angiopathy: an imaging-pathologic study of concept validation

A Charidimou, S Martinez-Ramirez, YD Reijmer… - JAMA …, 2016 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is characteristically associated with
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) biomarkers of small vessel brain injury, including strictly …

Topography of dilated perivascular spaces in subjects from a memory clinic cohort

S Martinez-Ramirez, OM Pontes-Neto, AP Dumas… - Neurology, 2013 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To investigate whether the topography of dilated perivascular spaces (DPVS)
corresponds with markers of particular small-vessel diseases such as cerebral amyloid …

Cerebral amyloid angiopathy with and without hemorrhage: evidence for different disease phenotypes

A Charidimou, S Martinez-Ramirez, A Shoamanesh… - Neurology, 2015 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To gain insight into different cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) phenotypes and
mechanisms, we investigated cortical superficial siderosis (CSS), a new imaging marker of …

Immunotherapy with ponezumab for probable cerebral amyloid angiopathy

C Leurent, JA Goodman, Y Zhang, P He… - Annals of clinical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is caused by cerebrovascular deposition of β‐
amyloid fragments leading to cerebrovascular dysfunction and other brain injuries. This …

Characteristic distributions of intracerebral hemorrhage–associated diffusion-weighted lesions

E Auriel, ME Gurol, A Ayres, AP Dumas, KM Schwab… - Neurology, 2012 - AAN Enterprises
Objectives: To determine whether small diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) lesions occur
beyond the acute posthemorrhage time window in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage …

Treatment of cerebellar masses

ME Gurol, EK St. Louis - Current treatment options in Neurology, 2008 - Springer
Opinion statement Cerebellar masses are a heterogenous group of conditions that can
cause compression of the aqueduct or fourth ventricle, resulting in obstructive …