Increased Risk of Recurrent Stroke in Symptomatic Large Vessel Disease With Impaired BOLD Cerebrovascular Reactivity.
Christiaan Hendrik Bas van NiftrikMartina SebökMenno Robbert GermansMatthias HalterThomas PokornyVittorio StumpoJacopo BellomoMarco PiccirelliAthina PangaluMira KatanSusanne WegenerMichael TymianskiZsolt KulcsarAndreas Rüdiger LuftJoseph A FisherDavid John MikulisLuca RegliJorn FierstraPublished in: Stroke (2024)
Among patients with symptomatic cerebrovascular large vessel disease, those exhibiting impaired BOLD-CVR in the affected hemisphere had a 10.7-fold higher risk of recurrent ischemic stroke events compared with individuals with nonimpaired BOLD-CVR.