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SUBMITTER: Hakim AM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6768982 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Frontiers in neurology 20190924
Small vessel disease (SVD) refers to conditions where damage to arterioles and capillaries is predominant, leading to reduced, or interrupted perfusion of the affected organ. Data suggest that when this condition is evident in any organ, it is already systemic in its occurrence and consequences. SVD affects primarily organs that receive significant portions of cardiac output such as the brain, the kidney, and the retina. Thus, SVD is a major etiologic cause in debilitating conditions such as ren ...[more]