Ischemic tolerance means a rapid adaptative cerebral reaction to one or more cycles of short ischemia and reperfusion, improving the tolerance to a subsequent longer ischemia. The basic molecular mechanisms of ischemic tolerance are largely unknown. The ...
Severe hypertension represents a frequent problem for the general practitioner. One has to decide if the blood pressure needs to be decreased immediately (hypertensive emergency), or if the blood pressure may be progressively decreased in a few hours and ...
Dissection of extra- and intradural arteries is a common cause of cerebral insult in younger patients (<45 years). In patients with corresponding craniocervical injury and symptoms (carotidynie, ipsilateral headache, partial Horner syndrome, cranial nerve ...
Zusammenfassung. Die arterielle Hypertonie ist der wichtigste modifizierbare Risikofaktor für das Erleiden eines Schlaganfalls. Bis zu 50% aller Schlaganfälle weltweit könnten auf einer unzureichenden Blutdruckeinstellung beruhen, wobei das Risiko ab ...
xxxAbstract. PFO-closure for secondary stroke prevention proved to be superior over medical therapy. This was shown in several meta-analyses of the three large randomized trials. According to the current evidence, PFO-closure should be the preferred ...
Obesity Paradox and StrokeAbstract. The obesity paradox suggests that overweight and obese patients of older age may have higher survival rates after stroke as compared to normalweight patients. However, the results need a cautious interpretation due to ...
An Unusual Hemisphere SyndromeAbstract. A patient with known hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia presents with transient right arm weakness and dizziness. A transient ischemic attack is diagnosed on clinical and ...
Treatment and Management of SpasticityAbstract. In the care of neurological patients with a lesion of the first motor neuron, for example after stroke or multiple sclerosis, spasticity is a common problem with ...