Naslov
The risk-factor correlation between cerebrovascular disease and ischemic stroke gravity as presented by computed tomography

Autori
Titlić, Marina ; Tonkić, Ante ; Jukić, Ivana ; Buca, Ante ; Čapkun, Vesna

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Abstracts of the 10th Congress of the European Federation of Neurological Societies u: European Journal of Neurology (ISSN 1351-5101) 14(2007) (S) / - , 2007, 47-47

Skup
Congress of the European Federation of Neurological Societies (10 ; 2007)

Mjesto i datum
Bruxelles, Belgija, 25.08.2007. - 28.08.2007

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
cerebrovascular disease; computed tomography; risk-factor

Sažetak
The cerebrovascular disease risk factors are very well known. Gravity of damage caused by an inschaemic stroke is assessed (besides by clinical symtomatology) by computed tomography (CT) imaging of the brain. The goal of this study is to establish any risk-factor correlation of the cerebrovascular disease and the ishaemic stroke gravity. The study included 61 patients with ishaemic stroke (37 men and 24 women), of the mean age 57.3 ± ; 7.4 years. All patients were established their cerebrovascular-disease risk factors: diabetes mellitus, Hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, heart diseases, smoking, alcohol drinking and body mass index (BMI). The pathological changes evident in the CT of the brain in ishaemic stroke appear as: multiple lacunar infarctions at predilective locations, subcortical atherosclerotic encephalopathies with lacunar infarctions at predilective locations, infarctions of various sizes in artery-ending areas of the brain at the typical places - strictly subcortically, anterior and posterior infarction of the arteries bordering areas with combinations of cortical and subcortical damages, territorial infarction of various sizes in the art. cerebri mediae supply area. In the statistical processing, we used the Fischer's exact test. Related to the CT of the brain and the age, there are no statistically significant differences between the tested patients, F=1.5, p=0.21. having correlated the various forms of changes in the brain established by the CT of the brain and diabetes mellitus, we have established no significant relation between this disease and specific changes in the brain, p=0.37. Hypertension correlates statistically significantly with specific changes in the brain shown by the CT of the brain, p.001. There is significant rate of occurrence of hypertension in patients with large territorial infarctions in the art. cerebri mediae supply area. Hypercholesterolemia and hyperlipidemia do not correlate significantly with specific changes in the brain, p=0.325 and p=0.531 respectively. Smoking and exaggerated drinking of alcohol have no significant influence to the form of changes in the brain in stroke, p=0.37 and p=0.789 respectively. BMI does not correlate with the form of changes in the brain in stroke, p=0.534. Our pilot study established significant correlation between hypertension and changes in the brain as established by CT of the brain, however, other risk factors have not proved significant correlations. The setback of the study is the small specimen, wherefore a more reliable assessment requires the study to be extended over a larger number of patients.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti

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