Open AccessEmbolic Cerebral Infarction in Atrial Fibrillation: A Simple Review Article
Author(s) -
Ibrahim Ramdan Mohamed,
Saqer Bulayhid H. Albulayhid,
Fahad Hammad F. Alrayes,
Ahmad Saleh A. Alrwaili,
Abdulrahman Rabia A. Aldakhil,
Abeer Bakheet Alotaibi,
Sultan Faisal W. Alrubayyi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of pharmaceutical research international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2456-9119
DOI - 10.9734/jpri/2021/v33i56a33919
Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , atrial fibrillation , intensive care medicine , cerebral infarction , ethnic group , population , heredity , environmental health , ischemia , mechanical engineering , sociology , anthropology , engineering , biology , genetics
Stroke is known worldwide as the leading cause of premature death and disability. Developing countries are most exposed to the dual burden of infectious and non-communicable diseases. Poor people are increasingly affected by stroke due to changing risk factors in the population and, most tragically, not being able to afford the high costs of stroke treatment. Despite significant improvements in primary prevention and acute care over the last few decades, stroke remains a catastrophic illness. Unchangeable risk factors for stroke are some established and changeable risk factors for age, gender, race, ethnicity, heredity, and ischemic stroke.