[Cognitive impairment in patients with atrial fibrillation].

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a serious medical and social problem, being a common cause of ischemic stroke (IS) and cognitive impairment (CI), often reaching the degree of dementia. The most common cause of CI in patients with AF is transferred IS or repeated IS. In a significant part of patients with AF who have undergone IS, CI is detected directly in the acute period of the disease and progresses subsequently.

[Results of evaluation of the effectiveness of the drug Cellex in patients with small vessel disease].

Objective: To study the effect of the drug Cellex on the severity of cognitive impairment in patients with small vessel disease (SVD).

Material And Methods: A non-interventional observational controlled prospective observational study in parallel groups was conducted. 118 patients with CHEM who received unified therapy were under observation.

[Meteorological risk factors of ischemic stroke].

Aim: To study an impact of climate triggers on the seasonal incidence of ischemic stroke (IS).

Material And Methods: Case histories of 1144 patients with IS were studied. The incidence rate was distributed over months and seasons.

[Acute cerebral ischemia and inflammation].

The article reviews the recent literature on the role of the inflammatory response in ischemic stroke (IS). The data of some studies on the mechanisms of the development of inflammation in the ischemic brain as well as information on possible markers for predicting the severity of IS are presented.

[Prognostic markers of ischemic stroke outcome].

Aim: To determine the clinical significance of peripheral blood leukocyte indices in predicting the outcome of ischemic stroke (IS).

Material And Methods: Forty-five case histories of patients with IS were retrospectively analyzed (25 with a favorable, 20 with a fatal outcome of the disease). Index of blood leukocyte shift (IBLS) and index of the ratio of blood leukocytes and ESR (BLESR), which were calculated based on the results of the General analysis of peripheral blood collected during hospitalization, were chosen as markers of the severity of the condition and prognosis of the disease.