THE INTRAVENOUS INJECTION of contrast medi­ um for the visualization of vascular structures was introduced 43 years ago by Robb and Steinberg. This technique never gained widespread popularity because of the technical problems in obtaining consistent im­ ages of good quality. Also, the amount of contrast medium that had to be injected to achieve adequate visualization of large arteries was subs...

Cerebrovascular disease and vascular risk factors are associated with Alzheimer's disease, but the evidence for their association with other neurodegenerative disorders is limited. Therefore, we compared the prevalence of cerebrovascular disease, vascular pathology and vascular risk factors in a wide range of neurodegenerative diseases and correlate them with dementia severity. Presence of cere...

Cerebrovascular disease has been ranked the second or third of top 10 death causes in Taiwan and has caused about 13,000 people death every year since 1986. Once cerebrovascular disease occurs, it not only leads to huge cost of medical care, but even death. All developed countries in the world put cerebrovascular disease prevention and treatment in high priority, and invested considerable budge...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES This study examined the risks, predictors, and mortality implications of cerebrovascular disease events after kidney transplantation in a national cohort. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS This analysis used United States Renal Data System registry data to study retrospectively Medicare-insured kidney transplant candidates (n = 51,504), recipients (n = 29...

BACKGROUND Income is known to be associated with cerebrovascular disease; however, little is known about the more detailed relationship between cerebrovascular disease and income. We examined the hypothesis that the geographical distribution of cerebrovascular disease in New York State may be predicted by a nonlinear model using income as a surrogate socioeconomic risk factor. RESULTS We used...