Publications by authors named "M Christopher Stringer"
Background: White matter hyperintensities (WMHs) are established structural imaging markers of cerebral small vessel disease. The pathophysiologic condition of brain tissue varies over the core, the vicinity, and the subtypes of WMH and cannot be interpreted from conventional magnetic resonance imaging. We aim to improve our pathophysiologic understanding of WMHs and the adjacently injured normal-appearing white matter in terms of microstructural and microvascular alterations using quantitative magnetic resonance imaging in patients with sporadic and genetic cerebral small vessel disease.
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- The study aimed to evaluate relationships between three key cerebrovascular functions (blood-brain barrier permeability, vascular pulsatility, and cerebrovascular reactivity) in patients with cerebral small vessel diseases (SVD), including both sporadic cases and a genetic condition known as CADASIL.
- Researchers used advanced brain imaging techniques to analyze these functions in a group of 77 patients, assessing how they relate to SVD severity, subtype, and specific brain changes.
- Findings revealed that worse white matter hyperintensity (WMH) was linked to lower cerebrovascular reactivity and blood plasma volume fraction, with the type of SVD having little impact on these vascular functions after accounting for WMH severity.
Background And Objectives: In patients with cerebral small vessel disease (SVD), impaired cerebrovascular reactivity (CVR) is related to worse concurrent SVD burden, but less is known about cerebrovascular reactivity and long-term SVD lesion progression and clinical outcomes. We investigated associations between cerebrovascular reactivity and 1-year progression of SVD features and clinical outcomes.
Methods: Between 2018 and 2021, we recruited patients from the Edinburgh/Lothian stroke services presenting with minor ischemic stroke and SVD features as part of the Mild Stroke Study 3, a prospective observational cohort study (ISRCTN 12113543).
Optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A) retinal imaging enables visualization of the retinal microvasculature that is developmentally related to the brain and can offer insight on cerebrovascular health. We investigated retinal phenotypes and neuroimaging markers of small vessel disease (SVD) in individuals with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). We enrolled 44 participants (mean age 50.
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- A significant portion of ischemic strokes are classified as lacunar subtypes, often characterized by recent small subcortical infarcts (RSSIs), but the long-term effects of these conditions are not well understood.
- In a study involving 108 participants, hemosiderin deposits (HDs) were found in over half of them within 3 months, and in about 77% within 12 months, with a notable "rim" pattern suggesting they could resemble primary hemorrhage.
- The study highlighted that the volume of the infarct and a higher total small vessel disease (SVD) score are predictive of the presence of HDs, emphasizing the importance of not misinterpreting these deposits as signs of bleeding in chronic