Data on cerebral microbleeds (CMBs) in younger populations are lacking, particularly in young stroke patients. We sought to characterize CMBs in an inner city cohort of young adults with stroke.CMB presence, count, and topography were assessed on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of 104 young stroke patients (≤49 years) presenting to Boston Medical Center between January 2006 and February 2010. Subsequent MRIs were assessed for the occurrence of new microbleeds in 29 patients. We performed cross-sectional analysis comparing baseline characteristics between patients with and without microbleeds, and between predefined microbleed burden and topography categories. We performed additional analysis to assess the determinants of new microbleeds on repeat MRI.Microbleeds were present in 17

作者：Ashkan, Shoamanesh；Luciana, Catanese；Jose R, Romero；Helena, Lau；Viken L, Babikian；Oscar R, Benavente；Carlos S, Kase；Aleksandra, Pikula

来源：Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association 2016 年 25卷 4期