[Cerebrovascular disorders in Uberlandia: II. Epidemiology and clinic medicine].
We have studied prospectively 157 patients with stroke admitted at University Hospital and Hospital Santa Genoveva in Uberlandia, Brazil at the point of view of clinics and epidemiology. Incidence was 0.8/1000 peoples/year and early letality of stroke victims was 40%, only 30% had returned to work. Complete infarct account for 36.3% of the cases and was predominant in white man among stroke population. Hypertension (in 55% of the cases), Chagas' disease (26.1%), transient isquemic attack (22.7%) and hypercolesterolemia were the main risk factors for stroke in this region.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001938:Brazil; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000150:complications; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis
Doenças cerebrovasculares em Uberlândia: II. Epidemiologia e clínica.