Natural history of silent lacunar infarction: 10-year follow-up of a community-based prospective study of 0.5 million Chinese adults

• Main Authors: Zilong Hao (Author), Yiping Chen (Author), Neil Wright (Author), Haiqiang Qin (Author), Iain Turnbull (Author), Yu Guo (Author), Christiana Kartsonaki (Author), Sam Sansome (Author), PeiPei (Author), Canqing Yu (Author), Qijun Gu (Author), Jianming Hu (Author), Jun Lv (Author), Liming Li (Author), Ming Liu (Author), Yongjun Wang (Author), Robert Clarke (Author), Zhengming Chen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Widespread use of brain imaging in China has resulted in an increased prevalence of silent lacunar infarct (LACI) in addition to symptomatic LACI, but their clinical relevance is not fully understood. Methods: We compared the 5-year risks of recurrent stroke and all-cause mortality for s...