SOME QUESTIONS OF ETIOLOGY AND PATHOGENESIS OF LACUNAR STROKES

Lacunar stroke is a marker of cerebral small vessel disease and accounts for up to 25% of ischemic stroke cases. Lacunar stroke is defined as a subcortical infarction less than 20 mm in diameter caused by blockage of the intracranial artery perforator (Wardlaw J.M., Smith E.E., Biessels G.J. (2013).