Open AccessPremature vascular disease in young adult stroke: a pathology-based case series
Author(s) -
Marco Pasi,
Eva Rocha,
Wesley Samore,
Matthew P. Frosch,
Anand Viswanathan,
Aneesh B. Singhal
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.541
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1432-1459
pISSN - 0340-5354
DOI - 10.1007/s00415-019-09623-3
Subject(s) - arteriolosclerosis , medicine , stroke (engine) , nephrosclerosis , neurology , neuropathology , cardiology , neuroradiology , pathological , etiology , left ventricular hypertrophy , population , pathology , disease , blood pressure , mechanical engineering , environmental health , psychiatry , engineering
The prevalence of modifiable vascular risk factors is increasing in young adults and may contribute to the growing frequency of stroke in this population. The neuropathology and end-organ damage profile of young adult stroke patients with clinically advanced atherosclerosis or arteriosclerosis has not been studied.