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Lacunar stroke or lacunar infarct ( LACI ) is a type of stroke that results from occlusion of one of the penetrating arteries that provides blood to the brain's deep structures. Patients who pres...
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Lacunar strokes can be defined as strokes in which a small branch of a larger blood vessel becomes occluded and causes a stroke. ... Symptoms of Pure Motor Lacunar Stroke...
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Between 70% and 80% of patients who have suffered a lacunar stroke are functionally independent at 1 year, compared with fewer than 50% of patients who have had a nonlacunar stroke.
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A lacunar stroke occurs when one of the arteries that provide blood to the brain's deep structures is blocked. These arteries are small, and are uniquely vulnerable.
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What Is It? Most of the time, strokes damage brain tissue in the outer part of the brain which is called the cortex ... A lacunar stroke occurs when one of the arteries that provide blood to the brain's deep structures is blocked. These arteries are small, and are uniquely vulnerable.
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Lacunar Stroke treatment protocol. ... However, the prognosis for recovery with lacunar stroke is better than with large artery territory stroke, and for this reason many centers favor using antiplatelet therapy (aspirin, clopidogrel) or conservative management rather than thrombolytic therapy for uncomplicated lacunar stroke.
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Lacunar strokes can be defined as strokes in which a small branch of a larger blood vessel causes the stroke. Because of the way blood vessels divide in the brain, lacunar strokes tend to occur in areas located away from the surface of the brain, where many of the smaller branches of large blood vessels are located.
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Lacunar strokes, a subtype of ischemic stroke, have earned their name because the area rendered ischemic takes the form of a small lacune or cavity (usually less than 15mm in diameter). Although a lacunar stroke may be small, it can lead to major neurologic deficits.
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate incidence and prognosis of lacunar stroke in a prospective, population-based patient registry. ... Crude annual incidence rate for a first-ever lacunar stroke was 33.0/100,000 (95% CI 30.2 to 36.0). At the univariate logistic regression analysis among patients with lacunar stroke there was a...
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Hypertension has not been strongly identified as a risk factor in childhood stroke. This report describes a case of a teenager with a lacunar stroke, the type often observed in adults with hypertensive-associated infarction, and masked hypertension.
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