background: although the risk factors of ischemic strokes are well defined, there is slight information about their relations with the etiologies of ischemic strokes. this study investigated the distribution of ischemic stroke risk factors and their connections to diverse etiologies of cerebrovascular attack (cva) and specific ischemic regions of brain. methods: in this cross sectional study , ...

background: myocardial infarctions at different locations have been related to different sets of risk factors. this study was designed to examine the association between cardiovascular risk factors and specific coronary artery calcification (cac). methods: the study population comprised 573 postmenopausal women selected from a population-based cohort study. established vascular risk factors wer...