Research Article
Association of Ultrasonographic Parameters with Subclinical White-Matter Hyperintensities in Hypertensive Patients
Table 1
Semiquantitative visual rating of white matter hyperintensities.
| Lesions | Score |
| Periventricular hyperintensities (0–6) | | Frontal caps (0–2) | 0: absent | Occipital caps (0–2) | 1: ≤5 mm | Lateral ventricle bands (0–2) | 2: ≥5 mm |
| White matter hyperintensities (0–24) | | Frontal (0–6) | 0: no abnormality | Parietal (0–6) | 1: <3 mm; ≤ 5 | Occipital (0–6) | 2: <3 mm; > 6 | Temporal (0–6) | 3: 4–10 mm; ≤ 5 | | 4: 4 mm; > 6 | | 5: >11 mm; > 1 | | 6: confluent |
| Basal ganglia hyperintensities (0–30) | | Caudate nucleus (0–6) | 0: no abnormality | Putamen (0–6) | 1: <3 mm; ≤ 5 | Globus pallidus (0–6) | 2: <3 mm; > 6 | Thalamus (0–6) | 3: 4–10 mm; ≤ 5 | Internal capsule (0–6) | 4: 4 mm; > 6 | | 5: >11 mm; > 1 | | 6: confluent |
| Infratentorial foci of hyperintensities (0–24) | | Cerebellum (0–6) | 0: no abnormality | Mesencephalon (0–6) | 1: <3 mm; ≤ 5 | Pons (0–6) | 2: <3 mm; > 6 | Medulla (0–6) | 3: 4–10 mm; ≤ 5 | | 4: 4 mm; > 6 | | 5: >11 mm; > 1 | | 6: confluent |
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