Tiny Vessel Damage Rewrites Lacunar Stroke Story
TL;DR
A 229-person study links lacunar stroke to widening of brain arteries and microvascular disease, not fatty blockages in large vessels, explaining why antiplatelet drugs often underperform and steering research toward microvascular–targeted therapies like those in the LACI-3 trial.
Topics:health#antiplatelet-therapy#arterial-widening#health#laci-3#lacunar-stroke#small-vessel-disease
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