Determinants of mortality in stroke patients with right brain damage. Curr Atheroscler Rep 2005 Jul;7(4):289-95
Date
06/25/2005Pubmed ID
15975322DOI
10.1007/s11883-005-0021-5Scopus ID
2-s2.0-27744590682 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 2 CitationsAbstract
Stroke is the world's second leading cause of mortality and long-term disability. Damage to the nondominant right brain has distinct clinical characteristics. The resultant cardiovascular and autonomic dysfunction peculiar to right hemispheric stroke can adversely affect the short- and long-term outcome of stroke victims. Blood flow characteristics to the right hemisphere may also put the right brain at more risk for embolic and silent infarcts.
Author List
Helms AK, Torbey MT, Almassi GHAuthors
G Hossein Almassi MD Professor in the Surgery department at Medical College of WisconsinAnn K. Helms MD Professor in the Neurology department at Medical College of Wisconsin
MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
Autonomic Nervous SystemBias
Brain Damage, Chronic
Cerebrovascular Circulation
Dominance, Cerebral
Heart
Humans
Practice Patterns, Physicians'
Stroke