“This study provides strong evidence that lacunar stroke is not caused by fatty blockage of larger arteries, but by disease of the small vessels within the brain itself. Recognising this distinction is crucial, because it explains why conventional treatments like antiplatelet drugs are not as effective for this type of stroke and highlights the urgent need to develop new therapies that target the underlying microvascular damage.”
Joanna Wardlaw, Professor of Applied Neuroimaging at the University of Edinburgh’s Institute for Neuroscience and Cardiovascular Disease and Group Leader at the UK Dementia Research Institute
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Study challenges long-held assumptions about causes of lacunar stroke
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