Three cases are described in which extensive livedo reticularis was associated with premature cerebrovascular disease. The patients presented with transient cerebral ischaemic attacks and gradually developed permanent neurological damage with intellectual impairment. The value of detailed neuropsychological testing to identify bilateral cortical abnormalities is demonstrated. CAT scanning may r...

Pathogenesis and Natural History of Transient Global Amnesia • Fourteen patients aged between 49 and 92 years who had suffered from one or more attacks of transient global amnesia (TGA) have been followed for a mean interval of 30 months. Thirteen patients had one or more risk factors for cerebrovascular disease, such as hypertension, cardiac abnormalities, diabetes and hyperlipidemia. Clinical...

The blood pressure, smoking habit and haemotocrit of 154 patients with transient ischaemic attacks and 191 age-and sex-matched neurological controls were studied. Regression analysis revealed that the haematocrit value was related to both systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and to smoking. Smoking elevated the haematocrit by 1.9 +/- 0.59 in males and by 2.18 +/- 0.68 in females. When these a...

Objective: Neurological symptoms occur due to central and peripheral nervous system involvement with different mechanisms in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Microvascular thrombosis develops prothrombotic activation along the increase cytokines COVID-19 infection. We aimed investigate incidence of cerebrovascular concomitant risk factors positive patients.Materials Methods: Acute temporall...

various neurological complications occur in primary or secondary antiphospholipid syndrome (aps) consisting of cerebrovascular attacks, ocular events, dementia, seizure, chorea, and transverse myelopathy that are all related to the titer of antiphospholipid antibodies (apl). we report a patient with chorea and retinal vessel occlusion as manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus (sle) and ...

Antiplatelet therapy has proven efficacy in the secondary prevention of recurrent non-cardioembolic ischaemic stroke. Recent evidence suggests clopidogrel is as effective as combined therapy with aspirin and extended-release dipyridamole for the prevention of recurrent stroke. As cerebrovascular and ischaemic heart disease are closely related, it would be sensible to use a drug shown to prevent...

Forty six patients aged 18-39 years with transient ischaemic attacks (TIA) were studied; two thirds were women. Twenty five patients had attacks accompanied by headache, and seven gave a history of common migraine. Only four of 27 angiograms were abnormal; no operable carotid lesion was demonstrated. Over a mean follow up period of 10 years stroke or myocardial infarction (AMI) occurred in all ...