Associations of Cerebrovascular Regulation and Arterial Stiffness With Cerebral Small Vessel Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

Cerebral small vessel disease (cSVD) is a major contributing factor to ischemic stroke and dementia. However, the vascular pathologies of cSVD remain inconclusive. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to characterize the associations between cSVD and cerebrovascular reactivity (CVR), cerebral autoregulation, and arterial stiffness (AS).