Other lacunar strokes are caused by a thickening of the deep-brain blood vessels, a condition known as lipohyalinosis. Again, this makes blockages more likely by leaving less space for blood to flow.

Lacunar strokes make up about 1 in 4 of all ischemic strokes. They tend to occur in older adults, and doctors associate them with hypertension — or high blood pressure — and diabetes mellitus.

Some specific ischemic stroke subtypes, such as lacunar stroke, may not benefit from long-term combination aspirin and clopidogrel therapy.

Two 'cheap' drugs found to fight strokes that can cause dementia - 'positive step' The common medications were revealed to safely improve outcomes for people experiencing a lacunar stroke.

Lacunar strokes, a manifestation of small-vessel disease, account for about one-quarter of all ischemic strokes and have relatively low dependency and recurrence rates compared with large-artery ...

Thrombotic/lacunar stroke was associated with lower readmission risk within 1 month (HR = 0.66; 95% CI, 0.46–0.93) and during 1 month to 1 year (HR = 0.78; 95% CI, 0.62-0.97) compared with ...

Lacunar strokes affect at least 35,000 people in the UK each year. They are caused by cerebral small vessel disease, where small blood vessels deep within the brain become damaged and stop ...

Recruitment occurred at 26 stroke centers throughout the U.K. Eligible participants had a lacunar stroke and showed independent function. The cohort had a median age of 64 years, and approximately ...

Around 1700 to 2000 people a year in Scotland experience a lacunar stroke - roughly 20 per cent of all stroke cases. It is a form of ischaemic stroke where a blood clot blocks the flow of blood ...

Lacunar strokes were the most common type of recurrent ischemic stroke (71%) and occurred with essentially equal frequency in both groups. Dual antiplatelet therapy significantly increased the risks ...

Comment . Although short-term dual antiplatelet therapy may eventually prove to benefit specific populations with very high stroke risk, the SPS3 trial definitively establishes that lacunar stroke ...