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ReviewStroke2022

Imaging Markers of Vascular Brain Health: Quantification, Clinical Implications, and Future Directions.

Prashanthi Vemuri, Charles Decarli, Marco Duering

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Review in Stroke, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
27citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.8field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  3. Unravelling the genetic architecture of cerebral small vessel disease in the context of stroke.Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism · 2026
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  10. Plasma NfL and GFAP for predicting VCI and related brain changes in community and clinical cohorts.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025
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  14. Time-encoded ASL reveals lower cerebral blood flow in the early AD continuum.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2024
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  15. Heart-brain mapping: Cardiac atrial function is associated with distinct cerebral regions with high free water in older adults.Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism · 2024
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  19. Vascular risk, gait, behavioral, and plasma indicators of VCID.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Prashanthi VemuriDepartment of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (P.V.).ORCID 0000-0003-4286-0589
Charles DecarliDepartments of Neurology and Center for Neuroscience, University of California at Davis, Sacramento (C.D.).
Marco DueringInstitute for Stroke and Dementia Research (ISD), University Hospital, LMU Munich, Germany (M.D.).ORCID 0000-0003-2302-3136
Centre d'Imagerie BioMedicale · CHMayo Clinic · USUniversity of California Davis Medical Center · US

Funding

The Clinical Significance of Incidental White Matter Lesions on MRI Amongst a Diverse Population with Cognitive Complaints (INDEED)U19NS120384 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI Charles DeCarli · 2020 to 2026
$61.9M
UC Davis Alzheimer's Disease Core CenterP30AG010129 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS · PI JOHNSON, DAVID K · 1991 to 2020
$28.3M
South Texas Alzheimer's Disease Research CenterP30AG066546 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI Sudha Seshadri · 2021 to 2026
$24.0M
PRECURSORS OF STROKE INCIDENCE AND PROGNOSISR01NS017950 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI Hugo Javier Aparicio, Jose Rafael Romero · 1985 to 2026
$22.9M
Temporal Trends, Novel Imaging and Molecular Characterization of Preclinical and Clinical Alzheimer's Disease in the Framingham CohortsR01AG054076 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI DECARLI, CHARLES, SESHADRI, SUDHA · 2016 to 2020
$12.3M
Brain pathologies, reserve and cognition in aging and dementiaR01AG031563 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI Evan Fletcher, SARAH E TOMASZEWSKI-FARIAS · 2009 to 2026
$8.9M
Investigating Resistance and Resilience Mechanisms in Alzheimer’s DiseaseR01AG056366 · NIA · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI PRASHANTHI VEMURI · 2017 to 2026
$7.0M
Cognitively Healthy Nonagenarians in the Cross Cohort Collaboration (CCC)RF1AG059421 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI SESHADRI, SUDHA · 2018 to 2018
$6.1M
Novel imaging and endothelial biomarkers of small vessel cerebrovascular diseaseUH3NS100608 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI DECARLI, CHARLES, KRAMER, JOEL H · 2018 to 2020
$3.5M
The impact of non-amyloid processes on cognitive agingR01AG047827 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI DECARLI, CHARLES · 2014 to 2018
$2.9M
Development, Validation, and Application of an Imaging based CVD ScaleR01NS097495 · NINDS · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI VEMURI, PRASHANTHI · 2016 to 2020
$2.9M
Novel Imaging and Biofluid Biomarkers of Small Vessel Cerebrovascular DiseaseUF1NS100608 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI KRAMER, JOEL H · 2021 to 2021
$2.5M
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cerebrovascular disease (CVD) manifests through a broad spectrum of mechanisms that negatively impact brain and cognitive health. Oftentimes, CVD changes (excluding acute stroke) are insufficiently considered in aging and dementia studies which can lead to an incomplete picture of the etiologies contributing to the burden of cognitive impairment. Our goal with this focused review is 3-fold. First, we provide a research update on the current magnetic resonance imaging methods that can measure CVD lesions as well as early CVD-related brain injury specifically related to small vessel disease. Second, we discuss the clinical implications and relevance of these CVD imaging markers for cognitive decline, incident dementia, and disease progression in Alzheimer disease, and Alzheimer-related dementias. Finally, we present our perspective on the outlook and challenges that remain in the field. With the increased research interest in this area, we believe that reliable CVD imaging biomarkers for aging and dementia studies are on the horizon.

Indexed as

Health StatusAlzheimer DiseaseBiomarkersBrainCerebrovascular DisordersCognitive DysfunctionHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingNeuroimagingBiomarkersAlzheimer diseasebiomarkersbraincerebrovascular diseasecognitiondementia

Identifiers

PMID35000423
PMCPMC8830603
OpenAlexW4205870365

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