Primer on cerebrovascular diseases

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...

Thyroid diseases and cerebrovascular disease.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Acute cerebral ischemia has been described in different diseases of the thyroid gland, and not only as a result of thyrotoxic atrial fibrillation and cardioembolic stroke. The purpose of this review is to summarize the studies on the relationship between thyroid diseases and cerebrovascular diseases, discussing the main findings for overt hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidis...

Cerebrovascular Disease in Rheumatic Diseases