“…There is growing evidence for an association between chronic kidney disease (CKD) and adverse cardiovascular events [4,5,6]. CKD is associated also with increased risk of bleeding after coronary interventions [7,8,9], acute myocardial infarction [10], coronary artery bypass surgery [11] and use of anticoagulation [12], as well as with cerebral small-vessel disease, white matter hyperintensities and microbleeds [13,14,15,16]. We have, therefore, hypothesized that in the setting of ICH, CKD is associated with larger initial hematoma volume and poor outcome.…”