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What does chronic microvascular disease mean?

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Microvascular diseas: It means the diffuse microvascularity at the distal end of the arterial tree is narrowed so that end vessel flow is impaired and unless a way can be found to open up the microvasculature chronic ischemia of the beds supplied will be present.

Answered 11/15/2019

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Is there a correlation between chronic microvascular ischemic disease and anemia?

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Mild periventricular and subcortical abnormal T2 and FLAIR signal is nonspecific, but likely representative of chronic microvascular disease ?

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I fainted and woke up in ambulance. I was admitted to hospital. They thought I had a stroke. MRI showed mild chronic microvascular disease. I'm 48.

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At different times over the past 2 years on both my brain and heart MRI there has been noted "chronic microvascular disease" changes. What is this?

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Meaning of my Brain MRI scan. Minimal degree of punctate Flair/T2 signal hyperintensity scattered throughout the periventricular & subcortical white matter, which is non specific but is most in keeping with chronic microvascular ischemic disease?

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