A retrospective, single-center review from 2010 to 2018. Of 211 patients with asymptomatic 80% 99% stenosis based on an end-diastolic velocity of >140 cm/s duplex ultrasonography, 35 (17%) were treated nonoperatively or delayed operation >6 months later because severe medical comorbidities (37%), advanced age (17%), no referral for intervention (14%), patient refusal other concomitant cerebrova...

OBJECTIVES We sought to evaluate the benefits on frequency and severity of migraine recurrence after patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure in patients with subclinical brain lesions at magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). BACKGROUND Migraine improvement has been reported after PFO closure in patients with cerebrovascular symptomatic events. Subclinical brain MRI lesions are detectable in patients w...

Precipitating Factors, Prognosis, and Demography oj Cerebrovascular Disease in an Indiana Community: A Review of All Patients Hospitalized from 1963 to 1965 with Neurological Examination of Survivors • As an initial step in studying the characteristics of cerebrovascular disease in a geographically limited segment of population, the hospital records of 285 patients coded as "CNS vascular" in th...

INTRODUCTION  Atherosclerosis is a systemic pathological process involving the whole arterial bed. Valvular calcifications are associated with cardiovascular risk factors. Significant carotid stenosis accounts for approximately 20% of cerebrovascular ischemic episodes.  OBJECTIVES  The aim of the study was to assess the relationship between mitral and aortic annular calcifications, increased ...

BACKGROUND Some cerebrovascular events are not diagnosed promptly, potentially resulting in death or disability from missed treatments. We sought to estimate the frequency of missed stroke and examine associations with patient, emergency department (ED), and hospital characteristics. METHODS Cross-sectional analysis using linked inpatient discharge and ED visit records from the 2009 Healthcar...

OBJECT The role of cerebral revascularization remains unclear in symptomatic occlusive cerebrovascular disease refractory to medical therapy. Despite the disappointing findings of the Cooperative Study on Extracranial-Intracranial Bypass, a subpopulation of patients with ischemic cerebrovascular disease and poor hemodynamic reserve may benefit from extracranial-intracranial (EC-IC) bypass. The ...

Precipitating Factors, Prognosis, and Demography oj Cerebrovascular Disease in an Indiana Community: A Review of All Patients Hospitalized from 1963 to 1965 with Neurological Examination of Survivors • As an initial step in studying the characteristics of cerebrovascular disease in a geographically limited segment of population, the hospital records of 285 patients coded as "CNS vascular" in th...

BACKGROUND Renovascular disease is the most frequently encountered secondary cause of hypertension and is one of the few potentially reversible causes of chronic renal failure. These patients are at increased risk of having cerebrovascular events following operative management for atheromatous renal-artery stenosis. We studied the prevalence of carotid-artery disease in patients with atheromato...

Dr. Eberval Gadelha Figueiredo – Rua Oscar Freire 1456 / 34 05409-010 São Paulo SP Brasil. E-mail: [email protected] It is well established that patients with transient ischemic attacks (TIA) or minor strokes that are found to have occlusive lesions of major brain-supplying vessels are prone to develop subsequent significant stroke. The underlying pathophysiology of cerebral ischemia within t...