Deep medullary veins and cerebral small vessel disease / 国际脑血管病杂志

ABSTRACT

Cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) refers to a series of pathological, imaging and clinical syndrome caused by various etiologies affecting cerebral arterioles, venules and capillaries. The main imaging features of CSVD include white matter hyperintensities, cerebral microbleeds, lacunar cerebral infarction, enlarged perivascular space, and brain atrophy. Deep medullary veins (DMVs) are small parenchymal veins around the lateral ventricle, which participate in the venous return from deep white matter veins to subependymal veins. In recent years, more and more studies have shown that DMVs are closely associated with the occurrence and development of CSVD. This article reviews the role of DMVs in CSVD, and provides ideas for further exploring the pathogenesis and imaging markers of CSVD.