BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Waist circumference has been shown to be a better predictor of cardiovascular risk than body mass index (BMI). Our case-control study aimed to evaluate the contribution of obesity and abdominal fat mass to the risk of stroke and transient ischemic attacks (TIA). METHODS We recruited 1137 participants: 379 cases with stroke/TIA and 758 regional controls matched for age a...

The Treatment of Cerebrovascular Disease With Clofibrate • A cooperative study in 20 Veterans Administration hospitals investigated the effect of clofibrate on morbidity and mortality due to atherosclerotic vascular disease in men with either an established cerebral infarction or transient cerebrovascular ischemic attacks (TIA). Follow-up observations were made for up to 4.5 years in 532 patien...

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is a major advancement in the treatment of severe aortic valve stenosis in elderly high-risk patients. Implementing TAVR also in younger intermediate- or low-risk patients increases interest in the possibility of further lowering the risk of perioperative cerebrovascular events. To this aim, some embolic protection devices (EPDs) have been developed...

The Treatment of Cerebrovascular Disease With Clofibrate • A cooperative study in 20 Veterans Administration hospitals investigated the effect of clofibrate on morbidity and mortality due to atherosclerotic vascular disease in men with either an established cerebral infarction or transient cerebrovascular ischemic attacks (TIA). Follow-up observations were made for up to 4.5 years in 532 patien...

To the Editor: A 36‐year‐old man with intermittent migraine‐like headache with aura for 20 years underwent cerebrovascular computed tomography angiography (CTA) revealing very small calibers of bilateral internal carotid arteries (ICAs) in other hospital. He was admitted to our hospital for further examination several days later. He had no vascular risk factors, and no family history of atheros...

The Treatment of Cerebrovascular Disease With Clofibrate • A cooperative study in 20 Veterans Administration hospitals investigated the effect of clofibrate on morbidity and mortality due to atherosclerotic vascular disease in men with either an established cerebral infarction or transient cerebrovascular ischemic attacks (TIA). Follow-up observations were made for up to 4.5 years in 532 patien...

The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025-729X 1 July 2002 177 1 43-44 ©The Medical Journal of Australia 2002 www.mja.com.au Lessons from Practice TRANSIENT CORTICAL BLINDNESS related to coronary angiography was first reported in 1970.1 Since then there have been fewer than two dozen cases recorded, some of which include angiography of coronary bypass grafts.2-5 This is a rare neurological co...

BACKGROUND/AIM Elevated plasma homocysteine is a newly identified vascular risk factor among patients under age 55 years with cerebrovascular, cardiovascular, or peripheral vascular disease. This study sought to evaluate retrospectively the plasma homocysteine status among healthy younger patients with ischaemic optic disc disease. METHODS 12 non-diabetic patients who had been diagnosed with ...

The Treatment of Cerebrovascular Disease With Clofibrate • A cooperative study in 20 Veterans Administration hospitals investigated the effect of clofibrate on morbidity and mortality due to atherosclerotic vascular disease in men with either an established cerebral infarction or transient cerebrovascular ischemic attacks (TIA). Follow-up observations were made for up to 4.5 years in 532 patien...

The Treatment of Cerebrovascular Disease With Clofibrate • A cooperative study in 20 Veterans Administration hospitals investigated the effect of clofibrate on morbidity and mortality due to atherosclerotic vascular disease in men with either an established cerebral infarction or transient cerebrovascular ischemic attacks (TIA). Follow-up observations were made for up to 4.5 years in 532 patien...