Relationships of Hematocrit With Chronic Covert and Acute Symptomatic Lacunar Ischemic Lesions

Red blood cell (RBC) concentrations are known to associate with ischemic stroke. It is unclear whether RBC concentrations associate specifically with small vessel disease lacunar infarcts. We investigated the hypothesis that RBC concentrations associate with both chronic covert and acute symptomatic brain MRI lacunar infarcts.