Corroborating the results of other series, a Brazilian research team noted that this correlation may provide a new, semiquantitative method for describing the anatomy of neurovascular compression. Dr. Mauricio Sendeski and colleagues from the Universidade de Sao Paulo in Sao Paulo, Brazil used MR imaging to examine 32 patients with severe essential hypertension and 10 normotensive patients. The slices on T2-weighted scans were done in axial and coronal views of the brain stem, and the relationships between the upper medulla and the surrounding arteries were studied. Heredity is a predisposing factor, but the exact mechanism is unclear.
Hypertension is a more important risk factor for stroke than for atherosclerotic heart disease.
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