Avtor/Urednik		Žvan, Bojana
Naslov		Stroke is preventable
Prevedeni naslov		Možgansko kap lahko preprečimo
Tip		članek
Vir		Slov Kardiol
Vol. in št.		Letnik 5, št. 1
Leto izdaje		2008
Obseg		str. 58-63
Jezik		eng
Abstrakt		Cerebrovascular diseases are brain diseases occurring due to blood vessel damage. In recent years, stroke has been increasingly recognised as a medical emergency. Ischemic brain events can be caused by atherothrombosis of the neck vessels, small cerebral vessels or cardiac embolisms, or may be due to some other, rare causes. Primary stroke prevention aims to reduce the risk of stroke in asymptomatic subjects by controlling the risk factors for atherosclerosis. Secondary stroke prevention focuses on therapies that inhibit the ability of platelets to form thromboemboli. This objective can be achieved either through direct antiplatelet and anticoagulation activity or by regulating the mechanisms that affect platelet aggregation and coagulation.
Deskriptorji		CEREBRAL INFARCTION CEREBRAL ISCHEMIA, TRANSIENT ATHEROSCLEROSIS CAROTID STENOSIS ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION