Cerebrovascular Disease in the Elderly-Risk Factor, Treatment and Prognosis.

Risk Factors for Cerebrovascular Disease Mortality among the Elderly in Beijing: A Competing Risk Analysis

OBJECTIVE To examine the associations of combined lifestyle factors and physical conditions with cerebrovascular diseases (CBVD) mortality, after accounting for competing risk events, including death from cardiovascular diseases, cancers and other diseases. METHODS Data on 2010 subjects aged over 55 years were finally analyzed using competing risk models. All the subjects were interviewed by ...

Cerebrovascular disease in an elderly population.

Moderate homocysteinemia--a possible risk factor for arteriosclerotic cerebrovascular disease.

Highly elevated concentrations of homocysteine measured as homocysteine or cysteine-homocysteine mixed disulfide (MDS) are found in plasma and urine in subjects with inherited abnormalities of the methionine metabolism. These subjects have a high incidence of arteriosclerotic vascular complications during childhood. Homocysteine causes endothelial cell injury and cell detachment that initiates ...

Carotid Stiffness: A Novel Cerebrovascular Disease Risk Factor.

Carotid stiffening is considered an important element in the pathogenesis of cerebrovascular diseases. These include stroke as well as vascular dementia and depression. However, results of individual studies evaluating the association between carotid stiffening and incident stroke have been inconsistent. Therefore, we have conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis, showing that carotid st...

Frank's sign as a risk factor for cerebrovascular disease.

SUMMARY – Frank’s sign is a dermatological marker, which has in many studies correlated with coronary heart disease. The aim of the study carried out in a sample of 60 subjects was to define whether Frank’s sign belongs to the group of risk factors for cerebrovascular disease. The subjects with the presence of Frank’s sign were assigned to group A, and those without Frank’s sign to group B. All...