Association of covert brain infarct phenotype with stroke recurrence in first-ever manifest ischemic stroke according to etiology.
Thomas Raphael MeinelStefan L LeberMichael JanischJan VynckierAdnan MujanovicAnna BoronyloJohannes KaesmacherDavid Julian SeiffgeLaurent RotenMarcel ArnoldChristian EnzingerThomas GattringerUrs FischerMarkus KneihslPublished in: European stroke journal (2024)
≈ 2-fold increased risk for stroke recurrence in first-ever ischemic stroke patients with CBI. The risk of recurrent stroke was highest in patients with cavitatory CBI in SVD-related stroke and cortical CBI in patients with atrial fibrillation.Subject terms: Covert brain infarcts, stroke.