Burden among Spouses of Elderly Stroke PatientsAbstract: The subjective burden was examined among elderly wives (N = 33) during their husbands' stay in a geriatric rehabilitation center. For this purpose, self-rating scales measuring physical complaints, ...
Additional Standard Data of Elderly Subjects to the Alertness Sub-Test from the German Testbatterie zur Aufmerksamkeitsprüfung (TAP)Abstract: The normative data contained in the German Testbatterie zur Aufmerksamkeitsprüfung (TAP) is applicable to test ...
Prevalences and Lifetime Prevalences of Affective Disorders and Anxiety Disorders After StrokeThe study deals with prevalence rates of particular mental disorders in stroke in-patients during rehabilitation. Out of the 180 patients (Ps) of the sample, 38 ...
Pathophysiological and Neuropsychological Aspects of Depressive DisordersIn depression many neurobiological abnormalities were found. Empirical evidence is drawn from studies in primary and poststroke depression. Additionally, neuropsychological findings ...
Pharmacological Treatment of Emotional Disturbances in Patients with Acquired Brain InjuryEmotional disturbances are frequently seen in patients with acquired brain damage. During the last years a number of original papers and reviews on epidemiological, ...
Zusammenfassung: In dem vorliegenden Artikel wurde ein psychoedukativer Kurs für Angehörige von Schlaganfallpatienten entwickelt und in einem Längsschnitt-Kontrollgruppen-Design mit 3 Messzeitpunkten evaluiert. Insgesamt wurden 85 Angehörige untersucht. ...
More than one hundred years ago the protein hypothesis of the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and its association with cardiovascular disease was put forward on the basis of animal experiments; however, it has so far never been verified in humans. This ...
Abstract.Background: Stroke is a major global health problem that contributes to a significant burden of morbidity and mortality. The association of several foods and nutrients with stroke has been well-established. However, the effect of the whole diet ...
Hintergrund: Anhand der Blutflußgeschwindigkeit und eines Widerstandsindex wurden die Veränderungen der zerebralen Perfusion nach Karotis-Thrombendarterektomie (TEA) untersucht.
Patienten und Methoden: Bei 81 Patienten (Alter: 64 ± 8 Jahre) wurden nach ...
In patients with diabetic angiopathy until today, no histological nor histochemical evidence has been found to define a specific type of diabetic arteriopathy. Consequently, diabetic arteriosclerosis is considered as a more serious form of atherosclerosis ...
Approximately 15% of ischemic strokes are caused by extracranial carotid stenoses. Revascularization of a symptomatic stenosis is very efficacious in carefully selected patients. This review outlines criteria which help to identify those who will benefit ...
Die Schaumsklerosierung ist eine sichere, effektive und zunehmend häufiger eingesetzte Behandlungsform der Varikose. Bei einer 48 jährigen Patientin mit einem zum Zeitpunkt der Sklerosierung nicht bekannten offenen Foramen ovale kam es 5 Tage nach zweiter ...
Major and long-awaited trials comparing carotid endarterectomy (CEA) with carotid stenting (CAS) were published in recent years. Both, ICSS and CREST, documented a higher rate of periprocedural stroke and death in CAS, in particular in elderly patients, ...
Background: Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is frequently present in patients with acute ischemic stroke. However, there are limited data regarding the association between ankle brachial index (ABI) ≤ 0.90 (which is diagnostic of PAD) or > 1.40 (...
Radiation induced atherosclerosis of the carotid artery is a clinically relevant late complication after head and neck radiotherapy. Improved long-term survival after multimodality therapy in neck malignancies result in an increased risk of carotid artery ...
Abstract. Background: We analyses the effect of gender on short and long-term morbidity and mortality in carotid endarterectomy (CEA) under loco-regional anesthesia. Patients and methods: Patients who were entered into a prospectively compiled ...
Abstract. Background: We present the methods and results of the surgical management of extracranial carotid artery aneurysms (ECCA). Postoperative complications including early and late neurological events were analysed. Correlation between reconstruction ...
Abstract. Background: Carotid artery stenting (CAS) is currently used as an alternative treatment to carotid endarterectomy (CEA). The objective of this study was to analyse our 5-year experience performing CAS. Secondarily, we sought to determine ...