title: [Acute cerebrovascular accident in the primary antiphospholipid syndrome].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the prevalence of acute cerebrovascular accidents (ACVA) and risk factors for thrombosis among patients diagnosed of primary antiphospholipid syndrome (PAPLS) and to compare this group with that of patients with PAPLS but not ACVA.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective data analysis of 30 patients consecutively diagnosed of PAPLS. Episodes of ACVA were quantitated and other cardiovascular risk factors were determined.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Thirty percent of patients (9/30) had one or more ACVA. No significant differences were found when the presence of other cardiovascular risk factors in both groups was compared.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Antiphospholipid antibodies in young patients with ACVA should be determined, although some other cardiovascular risk factors may coexist.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Interna Ciudad Sanitaria i Universitaria de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fernández-Sabé
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vidaller Palacín
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Moga Sampere
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Shaw Perujo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jato De Evan
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rubio Borrego
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pujol Farriols
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016736:Antiphospholipid Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications