Cerebral small vessel disease

Disease6 papers5 findingsMeSH D059345

  • Humans4
  • Animals1

Effects

2

Gait performance

downin humans1

1 study
  1. Cerebral small vessel disease impairs gait performance in humans.

    Humanscompared with control participants

    Gait performance in cerebral small vessel disease: associations with cognitive and oculomotor function and exploratory mediation analyses · Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 16 Sep 2026

Myocardial infarction

no changein humans1

1 study
  1. Cerebral small vessel disease has no effect on myocardial infarction in humans.

    Humansmedian follow-up of 8.4 yearsn = 3,263

    Brain small vessel disease links to stroke and mortality risk · medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 7 Sep 2026 · Preprint

Myocardial infarction →

Associations

3

Stroke

upin humans1

1 study
  1. Cerebral small vessel disease raises the risk of stroke in humans.

    Humansmedian follow-up of 8.4 yearsn = 3,263

    Brain small vessel disease links to stroke and mortality risk · medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 7 Sep 2026 · Preprint

Stroke →

Mortality

upin humans1

1 study
  1. Cerebral small vessel disease raises the risk of mortality in humans.

    Humansmedian follow-up of 8.4 yearsn = 3,263

    Brain small vessel disease links to stroke and mortality risk · medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 7 Sep 2026 · Preprint

Composite cardiovascular events and mortality

upin humans1HR 1.48

1 study
  1. Cerebral small vessel disease raises the risk of composite cardiovascular events and mortality in humans (HR 1.48, 95% CI 1.19-1.85).

    HumansCSVD score 1 vs 0median follow-up of 8.4 yearsn = 3,263

    Brain small vessel disease links to stroke and mortality risk · medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 7 Sep 2026 · Preprint

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medRxivHumansPreprint

Brain small vessel disease links to stroke and mortality risk

Compared with a zero score, participants with cerebral small vessel disease scores of 1 and 2 had hazard ratios of 1.48 and 1.52 for adverse events.Compared with a zero score, participants with cerebral small vessel disease scores of 1 and 2 had hazard ratios of 1.48 and 1.52 for adverse events.

bioRxivAnimalsPreprint

Col4a2 mutation disrupts cerebral artery function in aged mice

In 12-month-old Col4a2 mutant mice, cerebral pial arteries showed impaired myogenic tone driven by PKA-dependent remodeling of ryanodine receptor…In 12-month-old Col4a2 mutant mice, cerebral pial arteries showed impaired myogenic tone driven by PKA-dependent remodeling of ryanodine receptor clusters.

Human Brain MappingHumans

White matter changes accelerate cortical thinning more in men

Across nine years in 104 older adults, white matter aberrations grew 7.2% annually, driving accelerated cortical thinning that was more pronounced in…Across nine years in 104 older adults, white matter aberrations grew 7.2% annually, driving accelerated cortical thinning that was more pronounced in men than women.