Associated systemic factors in cerebrovascular ischemia.
Publication/Presentation Date
6-1-1976
Abstract
Systemic disorders (eg, cardiac, hematologic) are commonly recognized as predisposing and sometimes actual precipitating events in cerebral ischemia. From available studies, the incidence of precipitation is not clear. To determine this, we undertook a comprehensive investigation of all patients with ischemic brain disease for a one-year period. Results reveal that brain ischemia is more commonly precipitated by systemic illness than usually supposed, particularly transient ischemic attacks of the vertebrobasilar circulation and completed infarcts in the carotid distribution. Cardiac disorders outnumber all other precipitating events. As they are more amenable to therapy than atherosclerosis, a diligent search for such precipitating events is warranted in patients with ischemic symptoms.
Volume
69
Issue
6
First Page
709
Last Page
714
ISSN
0038-4348
Published In/Presented At
Singer, P. A., Wasserman, R. E., & Hanna, G. R. (1976). Associated systemic factors in cerebrovascular ischemia. Southern medical journal, 69(6), 709–714. https://doi.org/10.1097/00007611-197606000-00011
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
935899
Department(s)
Department of Medicine
Document Type
Article