Stroke represents a severe and growing health problem in the general population. The increasing burden of disease associated with stroke appears to be largely related to progressive ageing of the population, and in fact is increasing more rapidly in women than in men. In addition, emerging pathophysiological, clinical and therapeutic issues confer specific characteristics to stroke in women. This article briefly covers some of the most important of these aspects. (C) 2002 Lippincott Williams Wilkins.
Cerebrovascular disease in women / Volpe, Massimo; Savoia, Carmine; A., Bagalino; Rubattu, Speranza Donatella. - In: JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION. - ISSN 0263-6352. - 20:2(2002), pp. S39-S43. (Intervento presentato al convegno International Symposium on Cardiovascular Risk in Special Populations: Hypertensive Disease in Women tenutosi a BOLOGNA, ITALY nel SEP 22-23, 2000).
Cerebrovascular disease in women
VOLPE, Massimo;SAVOIA, Carmine;RUBATTU, Speranza Donatella
2002
Abstract
Stroke represents a severe and growing health problem in the general population. The increasing burden of disease associated with stroke appears to be largely related to progressive ageing of the population, and in fact is increasing more rapidly in women than in men. In addition, emerging pathophysiological, clinical and therapeutic issues confer specific characteristics to stroke in women. This article briefly covers some of the most important of these aspects. (C) 2002 Lippincott Williams Wilkins.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
