Effects of intensive blood pressure control on cognitive function in patients with cerebral small vessel disease

Impact of blood pressure variability and cerebral small vessel disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis

“…Cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) is a syndrome in which cerebral arterioles, capillaries, venules, and other lesions are affected by various factors, leading to clinical, imaging, and pathological changes [ 1 ]. The main magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings include cerebral microbleeds (CMB), lacunar infarction (LI), white matter hyperintensities (WMHs), and enlarged perivascular spaces (EPVS) [ 2 ].…”