Cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is one of the major causes of sudden death. In addition it has a high morbidity being responsible for many patients with incapacitating neurological deficit. Until recently there was scanty information on CVA in Africans, and some held that cerebrovascular disease (CVD) like coronary artery disease is rare in the African. Humphries (1957) for instance states that ...

Cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is the third cause of death in industrialized countries, following cardiovascular disease and cancer. It is therefore a significant public health issue, not only due to its high incidence, but also to the high costs involved in the physical and psychological rehabilitation of these patients. Dental Practitioners, as health care providers, ought to play their part ...

IN SEVERAL PREVIOUS REPORTS1-3 we have reviewed the evidence purporting to show that arteriosclerosis appears earlier and more frequently in patients with diabetes mellitus than in the general population, and have indicated the areas of doubt with respect to this contention. As Baker et al.4 have recently pointed out, this increase in frequency and intensity of arteriosclerosis in diabetes has ...

myelodysplastic syndromes (mds) are a group of hematological disorders ranging from chronic refractory anemia to leukemia. there are some reports about association of mds with autoimmune disorders and vasculitis. in this study we describe a patient with mds and vasculitis presenting with central nervous system (cns) involvement. a clinical response to immunosuppressive therapy was also observed...

OBJECTIVE The Arnadóttir OT-ADL Neurobehavioral Evaluation (A-ONE) is a standardized assessment that links performance in activities of daily living (ADL) to neurobehavioral impairments. This study tested the construct validity of the A-ONE. METHOD From two hospitals in Iceland, 42 patients between 45 and 87 years of age who had sustained either a right or a left cerebrovascular accident (CVA...

BACKGROUND Older adults with cerebrovascular accident (CVA) show evidence of auditory and speech perception problems. In present study, it was examined whether these problems are due to impairments of concurrent auditory segregation procedure which is the basic level of auditory scene analysis and auditory organization in auditory scenes with competing sounds. METHODS Concurrent auditory segr...

conclusions the relationship between cac found on dental panoramic radiographs and two cva risk factors--hypertension and mi-- was significant. therefore, it seems that detection of cac on panoramic images of dental patients must be considered by dentists. results among 200 studied samples, 22 of the patients (11%) had carotid artery calcification on the dental panoramic radiograph. in total, 5...

<b><i>Background:</i></b> While the most common neurologic symptoms reported in patients affected by SARS-CoV-2 are headache, dizziness, myalgia, mental fog, and anosmia, there is a growing basis of published peer-reviewed cases reporting stroke setting infection. The literature suggests an increased risk cerebrovascular accident (CVA) COVID-19 <b><i>Methods:...

Evaluation of the nutritional status at an early stage hospitalization in patients with acute cerebrovascular insufficiency (CVA) is important for providing timely support. According to Russian clinical guidelines support stroke, NRS‑2002 scale essential assessment status. However, due obesity, about 30 % do not entered into general category CVA get standard examination. Aim. To analyze effecti...

BACKGROUND Cocaine and other vasoactive substances are known causes of cerebrovascular disease. Ictus during drug intake adversely affects outcome. MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective review revealed 42 patients with cocaine abuse and stroke. Aneurysmal bleed occurred in 15 patients; the rest had stroke. The outcome of stroke because of cocaine intoxication was analyzed. RESULTS Mean age ...