DEPRESSION IN CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES

Cerebrovascular Disease in Rheumatic Diseases

Thermography in occlusive cerebrovascular diseases.

Cooling of the skin over the medial supraorbital region in 80% of patients who have an occlusion or severe stenosis of a carotid artery can be demonstrated by facial thermography. Minor stenotic lesions in the carotid arteries do not produce characteristic thermographic changes, while thermography is of no help in the diagnosis of vertebrobasilar arterial disease.Thermographic changes suggestiv...

Symposium on Cerebrovascular Diseases

The treatment of acute ischemic stroke has evolved from observation and the passage of time dictating outcome to an approach that emphasizes time from ictus, rapid response, and a dedicated treatment team. We review the treatment of acute ischemic stroke from the prehospital setting, to the emergency department, to the inpatient hospital setting. We discuss the importance of prehospital assessm...

Progress on diabetic cerebrovascular diseases.

Diabetic cerebrovascular diseases are defined as cerebral vascular diseases induced by diabetes with sugar, fat and a series of nutrient substance metabolic disorders, resulting in intracranial large and small vessel diseases. About 20%-40% patients with type 2 diabetes suffer from cerebral blood vessel diseases. Diabetic cerebrovascular diseases are the main causes of death in patients with di...

Dermatological aspects of cerebrovascular diseases

The affliction known commonly as ’stroke’ is the third most common cause of death in the developed world after cancer and ischemic heart disease (1). It is responsible for a large incidence of physical disabilities, and becomes more frequent with advancing age (2). The US annual incidence of acute cerebrovascular disease (CVD) is 700,000. Nearly 5 million stroke survivors are involved in person...