Naganuma T, Kabata D, Takemoto Y, et al. - As has been observed for non-dialysis patients, the outcomes demonstrated a high prevalence of cerebral microbleeds (CMBs) in hemodialysis (HD) patients with a history of stroke and highlighted that a history of stroke is significantly and independently correlated with CMBs in HD patients.

• Researchers designed a cross-sectional study including a total of 241 HD patients who had undergone brain T2*-weighted MRI. 22 (9.1%) had a history of stroke among these patients.

• They diagnosed CMBs in 70 patients (29.0%).

• Compared with patients without a history of stroke, the prevalence of CMBs was significantly higher in patients with a history of stroke (54.5 vs. 26.5%, p = 0.012).

• History of stroke was a significant and independent factor related to CMBs in the multivariable analysis adjusted for background characteristics (OR: 3.24, 95%CI: 1.18–8.89, p = 0.02).