DALLAS: Bleeding within the brain, or intracerebral hemorrhage, was associated with a high risk of developing dementia post stroke, according to new research.
Intracerebral hemorrhage, which results from a weakened vessel that ruptures and bleeds into the brain, represents 13 percent of all strokes. Researchers studied how often and why dementia might occur after intracerebral hemorrhage by following a population of 218 intracerebral stroke patients, who were free of dementia in the first six months after stroke.