Risk factors for ischaemic brain infarction

Evaluation of genetic risk factors for silent brain infarction.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Silent brain infarction (SBI) is often found with white matter hyperintensity. A recent genetic study on elderly twins indicated that the susceptibility to white matter hyperintensity was largely determined by genetic factors, implying the existence of genetic susceptibility for SBI as well. We therefore studied 3 genetic polymorphisms in SBI, the deletion/insertion polym...

Maternal risk factors for neonatal ischaemic stroke.

Mann et al. give important insight into the risk factors and possible pathophysiology not only on ischaemic neonatal stroke (becoming symptomatic during the neonatal period), but also congenital ischaemic stroke (evolving during the first year of life). By analyzing these two entities in parallel they give some answers as to whether we have two different entities here or a similar entity becomi...

Cerebral Infarction after Traumatic Brain Injury: Incidence and Risk Factors

OBJECTIVE Post-traumatic cerebral infarction (PTCI) is one of the most severe secondary insults after traumatic brain injury (TBI), and is known to be associated with poor outcome and high mortality rate. We assessed the practical incidence and risk factors for the development of PTCI. METHODS We conducted retrospective study on 986 consecutive patients with TBI from the period May 2005 to No...

Risk factors for ischaemic heart disease in British men.

Risk factors for ischaemic stroke recurrence after hospitalisation.

OBJECTIVE To determine risk factors for ischaemic stroke recurrence among patients admitted to hospital for a first-ever occurrence of ischaemic stroke. DESIGN, SETTING AND PATIENTS Retrospective study involving linked hospitalisation and death records. The cohort comprised 7816 people who were hospitalised for first-ever ischaemic stroke between July 1995 and December 1999 in Western Austral...