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  2. Cerebrovascular disease - Wikipedia

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    The most common presentation of cerebrovascular disease is an ischemic stroke or mini-stroke and sometimes a hemorrhagic stroke. [2] Hypertension (high blood pressure) is the most important contributing risk factor for stroke and cerebrovascular diseases as it can change the structure of blood vessels and result in atherosclerosis. [5]

  3. Cerebral vasculitis - Wikipedia

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    Possible secondary causes of cerebral vasculitis are infections such as with varicella zoster virus (chicken pox or shingles), systemic auto-immune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and rheumatoid arthritis, medications and drugs (amphetamine, cocaine and heroin), some forms of cancer (lymphomas, leukemia and lung cancer) and ...

  4. Silent stroke - Wikipedia

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    Anemia: children with acute anemia caused by medical conditions other than sickle cell anemia with hemoglobin below 5.5 g/dL. are at increased risk for having a silent stroke according to a study released at American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2011. The researchers suggested a thorough examination for evidence of ...

  5. 8 Common Cardiovascular Diseases for Men & How to ... - AOL

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    Strokes are a type of cerebrovascular disease affecting the blood vessels in your brain. ... Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy doesn’t always need treatment, but doctors often recommend weight loss ...

  6. Intracerebral hemorrhage - Wikipedia

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    The American Heart Association and American Stroke Association guidelines in 2015 recommended decreasing the blood pressure to a SBP of 140 mmHg. [1] However, later reviews found unclear difference between intensive and less intensive blood pressure control. [38] [39] Giving Factor VIIa within 4 hours limits the bleeding and formation of a ...

  7. Sneddon's syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Sneddon's syndrome is a progressive, noninflammatory arteriopathy leading to the characteristic skin condition and to cerebrovascular problems, including stroke, transient ischemic attack (TIA), severe but transient neurological symptoms thought to be caused by cerebral vasospasm, coronary disease and early-onset dementia.

  8. Interventional neuroradiology - Wikipedia

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    Interventional neuroradiology (INR) also known as neurointerventional surgery (NIS), endovascular therapy (EVT), endovascular neurosurgery, and interventional neurology is a medical subspecialty of neurosurgery, neuroradiology, intervention radiology and neurology specializing in minimally invasive image-based technologies and procedures used in diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the head ...

  9. Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis - Wikipedia

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    Treatment Low molecular weight heparin [ 1 ] Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis ( CVST ), cerebral venous and sinus thrombosis or cerebral venous thrombosis ( CVT ), is the presence of a blood clot in the dural venous sinuses (which drain blood from the brain ), the cerebral veins , or both.