Advances in the Silent Stroke / 国际脑血管病杂志

Wtth the development of imaging technique,particularly the use of magnetic resonance diffusion weighted imaging,it can easily detect silent stroke lesiom.Both the prevalence and incidence of asyrrotomatic stroke were higher than those of symptomatic stroke.Age,hypertemion and atrial fibrillation are its accepted risk factors.Although silent stroke lacks clinically overt stroke-like symptoms by definition,it often has mild physical and cognitive impairment with careful examination.Furthermore,asymptomatic stroke is also correlated with the occurrence of subsequent symptomatic stroke.decreased cognitive function and dementia.Therefore,clinicians should pay more attention to it,positively control its risk factors and improve its prognosis.