title: [Stroke in young people].
abstract: We retrospectively studied 75 consecutive patients with acute stroke. They made up 3.7% of all acute cerebrovascular pathologies. Average age of patients was 37.45 (SD 7.37) and the number of men exceeded women at a ratio of 1.8:1 73% had ischaemic pathology. Those risk factors most often found were tobacco and alcohol consumption and migraine. The most frequent causes were arteriosclerosis and cardioembolism. Etiological diagnosis was not reached in a third of cases. Most patients were treated with antiagregants with aspirin being the most used at a dose of about 200 mg per day. Initial death rate was 4% and more than 60% of patients were asymptomatic or with minimal deficiencies upon discharge.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Neurología, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Díaz-Marín
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Matías-Guiu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001241:Aspirin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002648:Child; D004176:Dipyridamole / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D013988:Ticlopidine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; D004176:Dipyridamole; D013988:Ticlopidine; D001241:Aspirin
vernacular_title: Enfermedad cerebrovascular en jóvenes.