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 ...

Strokes occur when there’s a disruption to blood flow to part of your brain. The three main types of strokes cause this disruption in different ways. But doctors can also classify stroke ...

These strokes are usually lacunar strokes, meaning they occur in the brain’s smaller blood vessels. According to a 2016 review, about 18% of older adults who have not had a symptomatic stroke ...

We investigated asymmetric WMHs associated with lacunar infarcts. Although the asymmetry of white matter hyperintensities (WMHs) between bilateral hemispheres was not uncommon, its clinical ...

Long-term dual antiplatelet therapy has not been rigorously assessed in patients with specific ischemic stroke subtypes other than that associated with atrial fibrillation (JW Neurol Aug 11 2009).