Avtor/Urednik		Erjavec, Tatjana
Naslov		Risk factors and atherosclerosis in patients with spinal cord lesions
Tip		članek
Vir		In: INABIS 2000. 6th internet world congress for biomedical science; 2000 Feb 14-25; La Mancha; Spain. La Mancha: Spanish society of health informatics,
Leto izdaje		2000
Jezik		eng
Abstrakt		In a population of forty-one patients with spinal cord lesions due to traumatic injury experienced not less than 10 years prior to the start of the study, we conducted a study on risk factors and arterial changes in the lower extremities. The number of risk factors and their incidence in the study population definitely exceeded those found in the general population. The incidence of peripheral arterial occlusive disease (PAOD) was six times greater than that reported for the general population of the same age. Three patients experienced a Q wave myocardial infarction at the age under 50. The results of the study furnished evidence of an earlier onset of atherosclerotic changes in patients with spinal cord lesions. Through preventive measures and detection and treatment of risk factors we could reduce the number of cardiovascular events that, eventually, result in an increased dependence of the patient on other people's help.
Deskriptorji		SPINAL CORD INJURIES ATHEROSCLEROSIS RISK FACTORS LEG PROGNOSIS MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION HYPERTENSION SMOKING EXERCISE BODY WEIGHT DIABETES MELLITUS PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES LIPOPROTEINS, HDL LIPOPROTEINS, LDL CHOLESTEROL