MRI Signs of Brain Damage in Arterial Hypertension
O. Yu. Isaykina,
K. A. Vekhova,
A. S. Sukhovolskaya,
P. A. Chernousov,
E. M. Perepelova,
M. V. Gorbunov https://doi.org/10.37586/2686-8636-2-2024-117-123
Abstract
This paper reviews the data on cerebrovascular changes in arterial hypertension obtained by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). These include white matter hyperintensities (WMH), lacunar infarcts, cerebral microbleeds, enlarged perivascular spaces, and brain atrophy. Microstructural white matter changes precede WMH, and can be detected using diffusion tensor MRI (DTI), which allows the analysis of fractional anisotropy (FA), indicating white matter lesions in the early stages of hypertension.
About the Authors
O. Yu. Isaykina
National Medical Research Center for Therapy and Preventive Medicine of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Isaykina Olesya Yu., MD, PhD, Lead Researcher, Laboratory for the Use of Outpatient Diagnostic Methods in the Prevention of Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases in the Health System
Moscow
K. A. Vekhova
I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (Sechenov University)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Vekhova Ksenia A., student, N. V. Sklifosovsky Institute of Clinical Medicine
Moscow
A. S. Sukhovolskaya
Novosibirsk State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Sukhovolskaya Anastasia S., student
Novosibirsk
P. A. Chernousov
I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (Sechenov University)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Chernousov Pavel A., postgraduate, Department of Nervous Diseases and Neurosurgery
Moscow
E. M. Perepelova
I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (Sechenov University)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Perepelova Elena M., MD, PhD, Head of the Department of Radiology, Department of Nervous Diseases and Neurosurgery of the A.Ya. Kozhevnikov Clinic
Moscow
M. V. Gorbunov
National Medical Research Center for Therapy and Preventive Medicine of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Gorbunov Vladimir M., MD, PhD, Head of the Laboratory for the Use of Outpatient Diagnostic Methods in the Prevention of Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases in the Health System
Moscow
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