The relationship between ambulatory blood pressure variability and enlarged perivascular spaces: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Recent studies reported that 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure variability (ABPV) was associated with lacunar infarction and white matter hyperintensities (WMH). However, the relationship between ABPV and enlarged perivascular spaces (EPVS) has not been investigated. Thus, our study aimed to investigate whether ABPV is associated with EPVS by 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM).

Design

We conducted this study as a cross-sectional study.

Settings

The study was based on patients who presented for physical examinations in our hospital from May 2013 to June 2016.

Participants

Patients with both brain MRI scans and 24-hour ABPM were included and patients with acute stroke, a history of severe stroke and some other severe diseases were excl

SUBMITTER: Yang S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5724164 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature