[Cerebral vascular damage in hypertension].

Hypertensive vascular lesions in the brain include increased formation of atheroma, lacunae and lacunar infarctions, atherothrombotic brain infarction and vascular dementias such as multi-infarct dementia and Binswanger's disease. Hypertension is also associated with an increased risk of intracerebral and subarachnoid hemorrhage. Reduction of arterial pressure with antihypertensive agents can prevent the occurrence and limit the extent of stroke.