The MRI confirms the clinical diagnosis of subacute (10 days in this case) right thalamic lacunar infarct and illustrates the following signal characteristics frequently seen with subacute ...

There is lower incidence of nonlacunar covert infarcts among patients with cryptogenic stroke and atrial cardiopathy treated with apixaban.

Older people are less likely to receive high-quality stroke care than are younger patients, researchers warn.

People who have this kind of stroke never have trouble expressing themselves, as do people who suffer the more common and larger strokes. Lacunar strokes don't leaving a lasting deficit.