Microinfarcts in the Deep Gray Matter on 7T MRI: Risk Factors, MRI Correlates, and Relation to Cognitive Functioning-The SMART-MR Study.

Microinfarcts in the deep gray matter on 7T MR imaging were associated with worse cognitive functioning and risk factors and MR imaging markers of small-vessel and large-vessel disease. Our findings suggest that microinfarcts in the deep gray matter may represent a novel imaging marker of vascular brain injury.