Impact of Small Vessel Disease Progression on Long-term Cognitive and Functional Changes After Stroke.

Una ClancyStephen D J MakinCaroline A McHutchisonVera CvoroFrancesca M ChappellMaria Del C Valdés HernándezEleni SakkaFergus N DoubalJoanna Marguerite Wardlaw
Published in: Neurology (2022)
After stroke, fluctuating WMH mean that 1-year, but not baseline, WMH volumes are associated strongly with contemporaneous cognitive scores. Covarying longitudinal decline in cognition and independence after stroke, central to dementia diagnosis, is associated with increasing WMH volumes.