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Watching Small Vessel Disease Grow
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Watching Small Vessel Disease Grow

Frank M. Faraci
Circulation research, Vol.122(6), pp.810-812
03/16/2018
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.118.312762
PMCID: PMC5926815
PMID: 29700083
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Abstract

Cerebrovascular disease is a major contributor to loss of brain health, a leading medical, societal, and financial issue worldwide. 1 Although ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes are widely known end-organ effects, diseases of the cerebral circulation are important contributors to mild cognitive deficits, dementia, and an array of neurological and psychiatric disorders. 2,3 Of the risk factors for large and small vessel disease (SVD), aging, and hypertension lead the way, with genetic, metabolic, and behavioral contributors and modifiers (Figure). This Viewpoint briefly highlights features of SVD, its impact on brain health, emerging evidence SVD contributes to diseases not thought to have a cerebrovascular basis, and some suggestions as the field moves forward.
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems Cardiovascular System & Cardiology Hematology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Peripheral Vascular Disease Science & Technology

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