PubMed

Stroke in critically ill patients.  
2008 Jul 18 - Minerva anestesiologica
Pilato F, Profice P, Dileone M, Ranieri F, Capone F, Minicuci G, Tagliente D, Florio L, Di Iorio R, Plantone D, Tonali PA, Di Lazzaro V
Institute of Neurology, Catholic University, Rome, Italy. vdilazzaro@rm.unicatt.it.
... neurocognitive state of these patients. Coagulation disorders, glucose intolerance, diabetes, pro-inflammatory state and underlying severe pathologies are common risk factors for stroke development in ICU patients. Stroke may result in very serious consequences like motor function impairment,...

[Risk factors for cerebral stroke]  
2007 Mar 15 - Tidsskrift for den Norske lægeforening : tidsskrift for praktisk medicin, ny række
Mathiesen EB, Njølstad I, Joakimsen O
Institutt for klinisk medisin, Universitetet i Tromsø ,9037 Tromsø. ellisiv.mathiesen@ism.uit.no
... stroke, but it remains to be seen whether the results can be replicated in other populations. High blood pressure and cigarette smoking are the most important modifiable risk factors for stroke. Serum cholesterol is positively associated with cerebral infarction, but not with intracerebral...

Nutrition and stroke.  
- Asia Pacific journal of clinical nutrition
Huang CY
Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China. cyhuang@hku.hk
... nutrition, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, smoking, atrial fibrillation, hyperlipidemia, Homocysteinemia, and alcohol are the most significant modifiable risk factors of stroke. Of these, hypertension, diabetes, smoking, hyperlipidemia, homocysteinemia and alcoholism are obviously affected...

Why now? Moving from stroke risk factors to stroke tri  
2007 Feb - Current opinion in neurology
Elkind MS
Department of Neurology, Columbia University, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York, USA. mse13@columbia.edu
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: While chronic risk factors for stroke are reasonably well understood, the acute precipitants, or triggers, of stroke, remain relatively understudied. RECENT FINDINGS: Several converging lines of evidence indicate that transient perturbations in systemic metabolism may...

[Osler's disease--a risk factor for stroke]  
2003 Sep 11 - Tidsskrift for den Norske lægeforening : tidsskrift for praktisk medicin, ny række
Horn MA, Hugaas KA, Salvesen R
Nevrologisk avdeling, Nordlandssykehuset, Bodø. morten.horn@ulleval.no
... vessels. MATERIAL: A patient with Osler's disease and recurrent epistaxis suffered a cerebellar infarction. He had no other risk factors for stroke. An arteriovenous fistula was demonstrated in the right lung. This fistula was the probable source or aberrant pathway of an embolus to the cerebellum....

[Risk factors for cerebral stroke]  
2007 Mar 15 - Tidsskrift for den Norske lægeforening : tidsskrift for praktisk medicin, ny række
Mathiesen EB, Njølstad I, Joakimsen O
Institutt for klinisk medisin, Universitetet i Tromsø ,9037 Tromsø. ellisiv.mathiesen@ism.uit.no
Cohort studies and randomized trials have shown that hormone replacement therapy in women increases the risk of stroke, while modern oral contraceptives do not represent a risk factor for stroke in young women. There is a clear social gradient in stroke occurrence, with a higher incidence...

Stroke risk factors.  
2000 Mar - CNS spectrums
Tuhrim S
Department of Neurology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Despite advances in the treatment of acute cerebral infarction, the most effective method of reducing stroke morbidity and mortality is the identification and modification of stroke risk factors. Modifiable stroke risk factors include hypertension, atrial fibrillation, hypercholesterolemia,...

Analysis of risk factors in 3901 patients with stroke.  
2005 Mar - Chinese medical sciences journal = Chung-kuo i hsüeh k'o hsüeh tsa chih / Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
Liu XF, van Melle G, Bogousslavsky J
Department of Neurology, Jinling Hospital, School of Medicine, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210002. Liuxf77@hotmail.com
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the frequency of various risk factors for overall stroke and to identify risk factors for cerebral infarction (CI) versus intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) in a large hospital-based stroke registry. METHOD: Data from a total of 3901 patients, consisting of 3525 patients...

Knowledge of risk factors and warning signs of stroke.  
- Vascular health and risk management
Nicol MB, Thrift AG
National Stroke Research Institute, Level I, Neurosciences Building, Repatriation Hospital Heidelberg, Austin Health, Heidelberg Heights, Victoria, Australia. mnicol@nsri.org.au
... factors in both high- and low-risk populations. In general, there appears to be low levels of knowledge of both risk factors and stroke warning signs among the communities studied. Using free recall, between 20% and 30% of respondents could not name a single risk factor, and between 10%...

[Stroke--risk factors and primary prevention]  
2003 Oct 30 - Läkartidningen
Asplund K
Medicinska kliniken, Norrlands Universitetssjukhus, Umeå.
The five major risk factors for stroke are hypertension, smoking, diabetes, atrial fibrillation and physical inactivity. All of these are amenable. In addition, although hypercholesterolemia is not strongly associated with stroke in epidemiological studies, primary prevention with statins...

How to measure and to manage the risk of stroke.  
2006 Jun - Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology
Sterzi R, Vidale S
SC Neurologia, Azienda Ospedaliera Niguarda Ca' Granda, P.za Ospedale Maggiore 3, Milan, Italy. roberto.sterzi@ospedaleniguarda.it
Several risk factors for stroke have been identified. Some of them can be modified through pharmacological or non-pharmacological interventions. The presence of multiple risk factors has a factorial effect. Total risk estimation can be categorised into high, intermediate and low risk....

Headache and the risk of stroke.  
2004 Jul - Current atherosclerosis reports
Jousilahti P
Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, PO Box 41, FIN-00014, Helsinki, Finland. pekka.jousilahti@ktl.fi
Several studies have suggested that migraine is a risk factor for stroke. The association between migraine and the risk of stroke has been observed most often among premenopausal women but also in some studies among men. The association may be stronger among women who smoke and among women...

Managing the patient at risk for a second stroke.  
2005 Apr - Journal of hypertension. Supplement : official journal of the International Society of Hypertension
Weber MA
State University of New York DownState College of Medicine, New York, USA. michaelwebermd@cs.com
... antihypertensive classes on the incidence of cerebrovascular disease that will probably be important for therapeutic choice in patients with risk factors for stroke. In particular, the role of the renin-angiotensin system in cerebrovascular disease has come under scrutiny as a result of evidence...

Update on stroke.  
2005 May - Current opinion in psychiatry
Altieri M, Rocco A, Lenzi GL
Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
... 2004 provided new insights into the therapeutic window and ischemic penumbra, thrombolysis therapy, uncommon risk factors for stroke, and neuropsychological post-stroke complications. Despite the diffusion-perfusion mismatch remaining the most widely used technique to identify thresholds...

Update on stroke.  
2004 Aug - Current opinion in neurology
Chalela JA, Merino JG, Warach S
Section on Stroke Diagnosis and Therapeutics, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
... undiagnosed and undertreated, particularly in minorities. Cohort studies have identified incident silent infarcts as risk factors for stroke and history of type I diabetes as a risk factor for death in patients with acute stroke. Cervical artery dissection, on the other hand, seems to have...

Family history as a risk factor for stroke in young wom  
2004 Dec - American journal of preventive medicine
Kim H, Friedlander Y, Longstreth WT, Edwards KL, Schwartz SM, Siscovick DS
Cardiovascular Health Research Unit, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA. helenkim@u.washington.edu
... population-based, case-control study was conducted to examine the association of FHS and risk of stroke in young women, and to determine whether the association is independent of other stroke risk factors. METHODS: Cases were women aged 18 to 44 years, with first, nonfatal ischemic (n...

Reduction of stroke risk factors.  
2007 Jan - Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.)
Kostis JB, Gorelick PB, Messerli FH
In October 2006, a panel of experts participated in a teleconference to discuss the reduction of stroke risk factors in patients at risk for stroke. The panel was chaired by John B. Kostis, MD, Professor and Chairman, Department of Medicine at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of...

Epidemiological study of risk factors of stroke and its i  
2008 Jul - Mymensingh medical journal : MMJ
Haque MM, Nasreen SA
Community Medicine Department, Mymensingh Medical College, Mymensingh, Bangladesh.
... Neuromedicine department of Mymensingh Medical College & Hospital. The objective of the study was to reveal the risk factors and other relevant information & immediate outcome of stroke patients. The sample size was 48 who were selected purposively and study area was selected for easy access....

Risk factors for ischaemic stroke.  
2008 May - International journal of stroke : official journal of the International Stroke Society
Allen CL, Bayraktutan U
Division of Stroke Medicine, Clinical Sciences Building, University of Nottingham, Hucknall Road, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK. mszcla@exmail.nottingham.ac.uk
... individuals of the risks to promote secondary prevention strategies in future generations. Stroke is a heterogeneous, multifactorial disease regulated by modifiable and nonmodifiable risk factors. Modifiable factors include a history of high blood pressure, diabetes mellitus and coronary...

Ensuring management of vascular risk factors after str  
Summer 2006 - Reviews in neurological diseases
Ovbiagele B, Saver JL
Stroke Center and Department of Neurology, University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Ischemic stroke patients are at high risk for subsequent cardiovascular events. Despite this, an unacceptably high proportion of these patients do not receive treatment with evidence-based, guideline-recommended, vascular risk-reduction therapies when exposed to conventional care. The...