Cerebral small vessel disease and silent cerebrovascular diseases: Modern standards of diagnosis, prevention, treatment prospects

Abstract

© 2019, Media Sphera Publishing Group. All rights reserved. The review presents modern clinical and radiological criteria for cerebral small vessel disease and silent cerebrovascular diseases. The authors discuss the STRIVE criteria, ideas about the pathogenesis, morphological changes and proposed options for the prevention of disease progression. As a drug of choice, the authors recommend vinpocetine (cavinton), which has the ability to influence many parts of the pathogenesis of cerebral small vessel disease.