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Med Sur 2001; 8 (4)

Cerebrovascular disease in young adult, case report and literature review

Vera D, Vega BF, Aguilar C, Vargas A, Lizardi J

Language: Spanish
References: 17
Page: 119-123
PDF size: 111.89 Kb.


ABSTRACT

The term cerebrovascular disease refers to disorders of the arterial or venous circulatory systems of the central nervous system. The term stroke is used when the symptoms begin abruptly, either as a result of inadequate blood flow (ischemic stroke). Most of the strokes in the young appear to be ischemic, though there is one report with a proportion of hemorrhages that was superior to that of infarcts. Stroke remains the third leading medical cause of death and the second most frequent cause of morbidity in developed countries. The sex ratio usually shows a female predominance in very young adults (under 30 years), while there may be a male predominance above 30 years. The causes of stroke in the young adult do not really differ from those in the older individual. Prognosis and recurrence rate is obviously a function of the underlying etiology. Overall, death during the acute phase may vary from 1.5 to 7.3 percent; three-quarters of the patients improved markedly or completely and could return to their previous activities. The annual incidence of recurrent stroke seems to be less than 1 percent.


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