The femoral ring is bounded in front by the inguinal ligament, behind by the pectineus, medially by the crescentic base of the lacunar ligament and laterally by the fibrous septum on the medial side ...

Lacunar strokes are strokes caused by the occlusion of a small branch of a larger blood vessel. Because of the way blood vessels divide in the brain, lacunar strokes tend to occur in areas located in ...

We showed that among individuals with prior lacunar stroke who had a mean age of 63±11 years and relatively preserved kidney function, compared with treating to a higher SBP target (130–149 mm Hg), ...

An association between retinal exudates and the presence of lacunar infarcts has been already reported by Kwa et al in patients with small vessel diseases. 7 Herein, two of the three patients with ...

Correspondence to: Dr J M Wardlaw Division of Clinical Neurosciences, Western General Hospital, Crewe Rd, Edinburgh EH4 2XU UK; joanna.wardlawed.ac.uk ...

*Correspondence to: Geoffrey D. Huntley, MD, and/or Vuyisile T. Nkomo, MD, MPH, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN ...