Affiliation:
1. National Medical Research Center for Therapy and Preventive Medicine of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
2. I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (Sechenov University)
3. Novosibirsk State University
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.
Publisher
Autonomous non-profit organization-Society of Specialists in the Field Innovative Medical Technology