Cerebrovascular disease is one of the leading causes of death in the world, and about one-fourth of cerebrovascular deaths are due to ruptured cerebral aneurysms (CA). Hence it is important to find a way to reduce aneurysm formation and its subsequent morbidity and mortality. Proteolytic activity capable of lysing gelatin has been shown to be increased in aneurysm tissue and expressio...

The aim of this study is to explore whether there is a relationship between chronic pancreatitis and cerebrovascular disease in Taiwan. Using the claims data of the Taiwan National Health Insurance Program, we identified 16,672 subjects aged 20 to 84 years with a new diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis from 2000 to 2010 as the chronic pancreatitis group. We randomly selected 65,877 subjects aged ...

Two decades of epidemiological research shows that silent cerebrovascular disease is common and is associated with future risk for stroke and dementia. It is the most common incidental finding on brain scans. To summarize evidence on the diagnosis and management of silent cerebrovascular disease to prevent stroke, the Stroke Council of the American Heart Association convened a writing committee...

U.S. multiple cause of death data were examined for the period 1968-1978. Specifically, the role of cerebrovascular disease mortality as an underlying and associated cause of death was studied. The number of deaths where cerebrovascular disease was cited as the underlying cause of death declined much faster than the number of deaths where cerebrovascular disease was cited as the associated caus...

The purpose of this study is to present the importance of work-related cerebrovascular and heart disease from the viewpoint of expenses. Using the insurance benefit paid for the 4,300 cases, this study estimated the burden of insurance benefits spent on work-related cerebrovascular and heart disease. The number of cases with work-related cerebrovascular and heart disease per 100,000 insured wor...

It was an honor to be selected as the first lecturer for the American Heart Association (AHA) Presidential Symposium in conjunction with the 23rd International Joint Conference on Stroke and Cerebral Circulation. I wish to thank Dr Martha Hill, the AHA President, for the invitation to participate. Dr Hill has had a longstanding interest in cardiovascular health issues in the African American co...

VASCULAR lesions affecting the brain are important because of their frequency, their incidence in all age groups, their often profound and long-lasting clinical effects, and their social and economic repercussions on the community. Such lesions presented to a surgical department are usually highly selected, but for the purpose of this study one of us (W.F.C.K.) saw all, or practically all, case...

Nationwide Cerebrovascular Disease Morbidity Study • Previous studies have noted that the geographic differences in stroke mortality among areas of the United States were not due to artifacts of certification practices or accuracy of the diagnosis. A study of hospitalized stroke patients was completed in order to determine whether the mortality differences were due to a higher incidence or case...

Arterial thrombosis and thrombus extension involve the overlapping systems of endothelial cell reactivity, platelet function, and coagulation. Thrombotic cerebrovascular occlusions arise secondary to thromboembolism from more proximal sites, e.g., the heart and proximal internal carotid artery, or from in situ thrombosis. Thrombus generation and extension involve thrombin-mediated fibrin format...

OBJECTIVE To clarify associations of fish consumption and long chain omega 3 fatty acids with risk of cerebrovascular disease for primary and secondary prevention. DESIGN Systematic review and meta-analysis. DATA SOURCES Studies published before September 2012 identified through electronic searches using Medline, Embase, BIOSIS, and Science Citation Index databases. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA P...