[Non-specific neurological complaints and silent cerebral infarction]
| Autor: | Nobuo Handa, Hidetaka Hougaku, Hiroyuki Hashimoto, Masayasu Matumoto, Takenobu Kamada, Tadayoshi Irino |
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| Předmět: |
Aging
medicine.medical_specialty Dizziness Non specific Risk Factors Surveys and Questionnaires Internal medicine Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain medicine Humans Stroke Aged medicine.diagnostic_test Cerebral infarction business.industry Headache Magnetic resonance imaging Cerebral Infarction Middle Aged medicine.disease Magnetic Resonance Imaging Normal volunteers Hypertension complications Hypertension Geriatrics and Gerontology business |
| Zdroj: | Europe PubMed Central |
| Popis: | To clarify the relationship between non-specific neurological complaints and silent cerebral infarction (SCI), we studied 82 patients (56 +/- 8 years old; mean +/- SD) who presented with at least one complaint (headache, dizziness, forgetfulness) and 76 normal volunteers with no complaints (55 +/- 7 years old). All subjects were evaluated with a questionnaire for complaints and with 0.5 T magnetic resonance imaging of the brain for the presence of SCI. Several risk factors for stroke were also studied. SCI was significantly more common in the patients (18%) than in the normal subjects (7%, p < 0.05). SCI was more common in subjects with dizziness (40%) and in those with headache (18%) than in those with no complaints (p < 0.01, p < 0.05, respectively). Dizziness and forgetfulness were closely associated with SCI (p < 0.05). Two risk factors for stroke, age and hypertension, correlated with SCI. These results clearly show that non-specific neurological complaints are closely related to SCI. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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