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Risk factors of cerebrovascular diseases and their intervention and management
- Source :
- Chinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery, Vol 15, Iss 1, Pp 20-26 (2015)
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- Tianjin Huanhu Hospital, 2015.
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Abstract
- Cerebrovascular diseases are important causes of clinical death and disability because of high prevalence and morbidity and easy to recurrence. A number of risk factors have involved in the progress of cerebrovascular diseases, which include uncontrolled and controlled risk factors. The former refers to old age, gender, low birth weight, race/ethnicity, genetic factors, etc. The latter includes hypertension, diabetes mellitus, atrial fibrillation and other cardiac diseases, dyslipidemia, asymptomatic carotid stenosis, obesity, smoking, unhealthy lifestyle, alcoholism, metabolic syndrome, hyperhomocysteinemia, etc. Meanwhile, hypertension is the most important one in the above-mentioned risk factors. It would effectively reduce or postpone the onset of cerebrovascular diseases through proper intervention and management on those risk factors. DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-6731.2015.01.006
- Subjects :
- Stroke
Risk factors
Review
Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system
RC346-429
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English, Chinese
- ISSN :
- 16726731
- Volume :
- 15
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Chinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.07f797d036a0407d8ee374ded457adb8
- Document Type :
- article