University of Edinburgh researchers link lacunar strokes to widening brain arteries
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Updated · The Guardian · May 7
University of Edinburgh researchers link lacunar strokes to widening brain arteries
8 articles · Updated · The Guardian · May 7
The study, published Wednesday, analysed 229 patients and found people with widened arteries were more than four times likelier to have a lacunar stroke.
Researchers said large-artery narrowing was more common in other stroke types, helping explain why aspirin and other anti-platelet blood thinners often fail to prevent lacunar strokes.
Lacunar strokes account for about a quarter of UK strokes, affecting roughly 35,000 people annually, and the findings point to a need for new treatments targeting small-vessel brain damage.
With standard treatments failing, could two common drugs become the new defense against a quarter of all strokes?
If fatty blockages aren't the cause, what hidden brain vessel disease is behind 35,000 strokes a year?
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