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Cerebrovascular Events (Stroke), What is a cerebrovascular event? A cerebrovascular event (stroke) is a clinical syndrome caused by disruption of blood supply ...
Cerebrovascular Event Rehabilitation, See also the separate Cerebrovascular Events, Transient Ischaemic Attacks and (Secondary) Stroke Prevention a...
Stroke Prevention, For tertiary prevention, see also the separate Cerebrovascular Event Rehabilitation article. Well-documented and modifiable risk factors for strok...
Stroke, There are other rare causes of ischaemic stroke. Haemorrhagic stroke - caused by bleeding About 2-3 out of 20 strokes are caused by a bleed into ...
Thrombolytic Treatment of Acute Ischaemic Stroke, Staff in A&E departments, if appropriately trained and supported, can administer alteplase for the treatment of acute ischaemic strok...
Chronic complications of type 1 diabetes Cardiovascular disease: see Stable Angina , Acute Coronary Syndrome , Cerebrovascular Events (Stroke) and Peripheral Arterial Disease . ...
Dealing with a Stroke, This advice is no substitute for first aid training - find a training course near you . A stroke happens when the flow of blood to part of the brain is cut ...
Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke Prevention, Part of the blood supply to the brain may then be cut off, which causes a stroke. Strokes due to AF tend to be even more serious t...
Significant Event Audit, Process SEA stages There are seven stages to an SEA, encompassing the following [ 2 , 5 ] : Awareness of and prioritising a significant event. ...
Surgical Surgical treatment is the most effective method to restore the blood supply and increase cerebral perfusion in order to prevent secondary stroke in ischaemic MMD and to stabilise ...
Haemodilution improves the flow properties of the blood so that, theoretically, oxygen and nutrient supply to the brain is improved (eg, after a cerebrovascular event) and damaged br...
CVD includes coronary heart disease (for example, angina , heart attack and heart failure ), cerebrovascular disease ( transient ischaemic attacks and stroke ), and peripheral...
Sneddon's syndrome is a non-inflammatory arteriopathy in which livedo reticularis is associated with cerebrovascular disease. [ 1 ] It is slowly progressive and may go undiagnosed for so...
[ 1 ] Carotid atherosclerosis is one of the main risk factors for ischaemic cerebrovascular events (CVEs). Carotid aherosclerosis causes about 90% of carotid artery stenosis but...
Again, the authors noted that further research is needed. [ 10 ] Likewise, more evidence is required to support the use of interventions for childhood apraxia of speech and dysarthria associated with...
In adults, the risk factors appear to be the same as those for a cerebrovascular event. Gerstmann's syndrome symptoms There is loss or absence of four sensory abilities [...
A transient ischaemic attack (TIA) causes symptoms similar to a stroke. Some people call a TIA a mini-stroke. With a TIA, the symptoms go completely within 24 hours (whilst with a st...
Lifestyle factors that also increase the risk of cardiovascular disease and cerebrovascular disease - for example, smoking, lack of physical exercise, and an unhealthy diet.
Deficits should be severe enough to interfere with activities of daily living - not secondary effects of the cerebrovascular event alone. Cerebrovascular disease, defined b...
Apathy is also associated with various other conditions, including various types of dementia , Parkinson's disease and multiple sclerosis , and following a stroke . However apa...