Ischaemic Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA) has been shown to be associated with abnormal lipid profile (dyslipidaemia) as a risk factor. There is paucity of data regarding this in this environment hence this study. In this study, a total number of 63 subjects were recruited comprised of 33 patients with cerebrovascular accident (stroke) and 30 apparently healthy volunteers as control. A complete ...

Thyroid storm is a life-threatening condition that occurs secondary to an uncontrolled hyperthyroid state. Atrial fibrillation is a cardiovascular complication occurring in up to 15% of patients experiencing thyroid storm, and if left untreated this condition could have up to a 25% mortality rate. Thyroid storm with stroke is a rare presentation. This case report details a left middle cerebral ...

Random blood samples were col lected from the stroke patients meeting following cr i te r ia : In t ra cerebra l haemorrhage or cerebra l thrombos is d iagnosed by bra in CT; No blood in vent r icu lar sys tem or subarachnoid space on bra in CT; No evidence of organic heart disease or other poss ib le cause o f cerebra l embol i sm. Cigare t te smokers and a lcohol ics were excluded. The study ...

IN SEVERAL PREVIOUS REPORTS1-3 we have reviewed the evidence purporting to show that arteriosclerosis appears earlier and more frequently in patients with diabetes mellitus than in the general population, and have indicated the areas of doubt with respect to this contention. As Baker et al.4 have recently pointed out, this increase in frequency and intensity of arteriosclerosis in diabetes has ...

Warning Signs • Sudden numbness or weakness of the face, arm, or leg, especially on one side of the body • Sudden confusion, trouble speaking or understanding • Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes • Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination • Sudden, severe headache with no known cause Any of these symptoms may be temporary, lasting only a few minutes, and possibl...

In a prospective study of 90 consecutive patients with acute myocardial infarction, 15 (28.3%) of 53 patients with an anterior wall infarction developed a left ventricular thrombosis diagnosed by cross sectional echocardiography. Patients received anticoagulants only after a left ventricular thrombosis had been diagnosed. Twenty eight patients had an inferior infarction, but none of these had a...

Fatal bilateral cerebro-vascular accident with variable atrio-ventricular blocks, atrial fibrillation and refractory tachy-arrhythmias in a previously healthy 75-years-old hypertensive female is presented.

Tall upright T waves, with a maximal T/QRS ratio (in lead V4) of 1.32, appeared in a 52-year-old patient after a cerebral haemorrhage which was confirmed at necropsy. Hyperkalaemia during life and endocardial or myocardial damage were not found.

It is an observational cross-sectional study, the data collected by convenience sampling method from 44 infected case in Ranya general hospital and private clinics for admission neurological department physiotherapy centers after cases had right or left side weakness effect covid19 , 10. January. 2021 to 01. august.2021, study include all participants diagnosed disease post pandemic covid19. Fo...

introduction: timely diagnosis and treatment of post traumatic, elevated intracranial pressure (eicp), could reduce morbidity and mortality, as well as improve patients’ outcome. this study is trying to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of sonographic optic nerve sheath diameter (onsd) in detection of eicp. methods: sonographic onsd of patients with head trauma or cerebrovascular accident suspic...