A significant proportion of patients suffering from atherosclerotic coronary artery disease have elevated levels of lipid fractions in the blood (Schrade, Boehle, and Biegler, 1960; Albrink, Meigs, and Man, 1961; Albrink, 1962). Similar observations in patients with cerebrovascular disease have been sparse, and have yielded conflicting results. Of studies measuring serum cholesterol, Heyman, Ne...

Background: Ankylosing spondylitis was reported to associate with an increased risk of cerebrovascular diseases. In this article, we aimed to report the first case of ankylosing spondylitis associated with moyamoya disease treated with encephalo-duroarterio-synangiosis. Case presentation: A 9-year-old boy with ankylosing spondylitis appeared a symptom of repeated transient ischemic attacks whic...

This study was undertaken to establish the incidence and mortality for various types of cerebrovascular disease in the population of Tartu. All medical records for this population were reviewed for the period 1970 through 1973, and those with a diagnosis of brain infarction, transient ischemic attacks, cerebral hemorrhage or subarachnoid hemorrhage were identified. Only the first stroke was con...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of coronary artery disease and coronary events during follow-up in patients with asymptomatic carotid stenosis, transient ischemic attacks, or small strokes. METHODS We prospectively studied 60 consecutive patients with thallium-201 scintigraphy followed by coronary arteriography according to an established protoc...

This study was undertaken to establish the incidence and mortality for various types of cerebrovascular disease in the population of Tartu. All medical records for this population were reviewed for the period 1970 through 1973, and those with a diagnosis of brain infarction, transient ischemic attacks, cerebral hemorrhage or subarachnoid hemorrhage were identified. Only the first stroke was con...

Among the various causes of acute vestibular vertigo, vascular factors are particular importance. Numerous studies show that diagnosis vertigo remains inadequate, often leading to overdiagnosis stroke and transient ischemic attacks in patients with peripheral disorders migraine, on one hand, underestimation importance cerebrovascular pathology, especially first attack persistent other. The Inte...

The influence of age and other risk factors (history of hypertension and diabetes, cigarette smoking, dyslipidemia) on cerebral atherosclerosis was studied in 462 patients with RIA who had cerebral angiography. The degree of atherosclerosis was quantified using extracranial and intracranial cerebrovascular scores (ECS, ICS) based on the number and severity of the lesion in 11 extracranial and 2...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Stroke is a medical emergency that can cause permanent neurological damage, complications, and disability. We aim to determine the epidemiology of non-fatal cerebrovascular stroke (CVS) and transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) in Al Quseir City, Red Sea, Egypt. METHODS The total population (n=33,285) was screened through a door to door study by three specialists of neurolo...

The prevalence and incidence ratios of cerebrovascular disease, with special reference to transient ischemic attack (TIA), were studied in the towns of Daisen and Ama in western Japan. There have been no previous reports on this subject in Japan. The prevalence ratios of TIA were estimated to be 4.4 in Daisen and 2.0 in Ama per 1,000 people over 40 years old. The ratio of carotid arterial syste...

sickle cell disease (scd) is a known inherited hemoglobin disorder featured by the presence of sickle shaped erythrocytes in the blood. it can cause cerebrovascular accident (cva) in adults and children and is responsible for the majority of the strokes in children. repeated blood transfusion are often required in an attempt to dilute blood thus reducing the risk of vaso-occlusion and stroke in...