TABLE 6:

Patients With Microhemorrhages, In Whom Hemorrhagic Strokes Were Prospectively Observed

Age (yr)/Sex	Number of Microhemorrhages		Hemorrhagic Stroke		Associated Condition
	Lobar	Deep	Location	Days*	HT	DM
71/M	6	0	Parietal lobar	34	−	−
75/F†	2	0	Frontal lobar	147	+	−
64/F‡	2	8	Caudate head	402	+	−
52/M	0	9	Thalamus	371	+	+

Note.—There may be a link between the site of hemorrhagic stroke and the distribution of microhemorrhages. HT indicates hypertension; DM, diabetes mellitus.

^*Days indicates number of days after the microhemorrhages were first observed on T2*-weighted gradient-echo images.

^†This patient had a history of parietal lobar hemorrhage. The other three patients had no previous brain stroke.

^‡This patient had a history of myocardial infarction, pulmonary artery thromboembolism, and deep venous thrombosis, for which she received warfarin.