Cerebrovascular accident

Cerebrovascular accident: Introduction

Cerebrovascular accident: Occurs when the blood supply to the brain is interrupted and results in cell injury and death. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Cerebrovascular accident is available below.

Symptoms of Cerebrovascular accident

• Drooping of face
• Difficulty talking or swallowing
• Paralysis
• Paresthesia
• Personality change
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Cerebrovascular accident: Complications

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Medical Textbooks Online about Cerebrovascular accident

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Cerebrovascular accident?

• Misdiagnosis of Cerebrovascular accident

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Misdiagnosis and Cerebrovascular accident

Dementia to be spotted early on: Dementia is an important diagnosis to consider in the elderly. A vigorous search for a possible cause of dementia is warranted since there are significant numbers of reversible conditions. It is important to exclude the psychiatric conditions that may mimic dementia. Some of the common conditions which have to be kept in mind so as to avoid misdiagnosis include delirium, depression, head trauma, cerebrovascular accidents, drugs and schizophrenia. Treatment is aimed at controlling the psychotic symptoms or disturbed behaviour....read more »

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Causes of Cerebrovascular accident

• Hypertension, systemic
• Sneddon-Champion syndrome
• Coronary angiography
• Haemophilia type A
• Vasculitis
• more causes...»

See full list of 41 causes of Cerebrovascular accident

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Treatments for Cerebrovascular accident

• Symptomatic support
• Physiotherapy
• Speech therapy
• Treatment of underlying medical conditions
• more treatments...»

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Evidence Based Medicine Research for Cerebrovascular accident

Medical research articles related to Cerebrovascular accident include:

• After a TIA or transient visual loss due to embolus for how long should the patient continue with dipyridamole?
• Do you start aspirin and dipyridamole straight after a TIA or should one wait for a CT scan?
• Anticoagulants for preventing recurrence following presumed non-cardioembolic ischaemic stroke or transient ischaemic attack
• The ABCD2 prediction rule for patients with TIA
• Can Implanon be inserted safely in a newly postpartum woman with a past history of cerbrovascular accident (CVA) who has a patent foramen ovale and a family of deep vein thrombosis (DVT)?
• more research...»

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Reseach about Cerebrovascular accident

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Clinical Trials for Cerebrovascular accident

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Cerebrovascular accident include:

• Safety and Effectiveness of NXY-059 for the Treatment of Patients Who Have Suffered From a Stroke - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - NXY-059
• Acute Candesartan Cilexetil Outcomes Stroke Trial (ACCOST) - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Candesartan
• Evaluation of the STARFlex Septal Closure System in Patients With a Stroke or TIA Due to the Possible Passage of Clot of Unknown Origin Through a Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Brain and Coordination Changes Induced By Robotics and FES Treatment Following Stroke - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Outcomes of Swallowing Rehabilitation After Stroke - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• more trials...»

See full list of 440 Clinical Trials for Cerebrovascular accident

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Definitions of Cerebrovascular accident:

A sudden, nonconvulsive loss of neurologic function due to an ischemic or hemorrhagic intracranial vascular event. In general, cerebrovascular accidents are classified by anatomic location in the brain, vascular distribution, etiology, age of the affected individual, and hemorrhagic vs. nonhemorrhagic nature. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp777-810) - (Source - Diseases Database)