Naslov
STROKE PREVENTION

Autori
Demarin, Vida

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), stručni

Izvornik
Acta Clinica Croatica / - , 2010, 72-72

Skup
The 50th International Neuropsychiatric Pula Congress

Mjesto i datum
Pula, Hrvatska, 16.06.2010. - 19.06.2010

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Pozvano predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
stroke prevention; stroke risk factors

Sažetak
Prevention is still the best approach to stroke. Th e goal of prevention is to reduce stroke risk by reducing it’s risk factors. Th e most common risk factors include hypertension, elevated serum lipids, myocardial infarction, atrial fi brillation and carotid stenosis, diabetes, smoking and alcohol consumption, inappropriate diet and inadequate physical activity. However, recently more and more attention turns to new risk factors for stroke such as lipid fractions, subclinical carotid artery disease, thickening of the intima and media of the carotid arteries, increased body mass index, increased waist to hips ratio, infection and infl ammation, hyperhomocysteinemia and genetic factors, because the conventional risk factors can not explain the occurrence of almost a third of all strokes. Th e most signifi cant classic risk factors remain elevated blood pressure and hyperlipoproteinemia, especially hypercholesterolemia. Both disorders are widespread in the population, and today we have eff ective medication for both disorders so they can be adequately treated, and thus stroke risk could be reduced.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti

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