The role of small diffusion-weighted imaging lesions in cerebral small vessel disease.
Kim WiegertjesAnnemieke Ter TelgtePedro B OliveiraEsther M C van LeijsenMayra I BergkampIngeborg W M van UdenMohsen GhafoorianHelena M van der HolstDavid Gordon NorrisBram PlatelCatharina J M KlijnAnil Man TuladharFrank-Erik de LeeuwPublished in: Neurology (2019)
Over 3% of individuals with SVD have DWI+ lesions. Although DWI+ lesions play a role in the progression of SVD, they may not fully explain progression of SVD markers on MRI, suggesting that other factors than acute ischemia are at play.