Publications by authors named "N Sternic"
Increased risk of cognitive impairment and more severe brain lesions in hypertensive compared to non-hypertensive patients with cerebral small vessel disease.
J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich)
September 2018
Although cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) is traditionally associated with aging and hypertension (HT), there are patients exhibiting sporadic SVD, free of HT. We aimed to investigate the differences in clinical and neuroradiological presentation in SVD patients in reference to the presence of HT as a risk factor (RF). Vascular RF, cognitive and functional status were evaluated in a cohort of 424 patients.
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- Stroke is a major cause of death and disability globally, and diabetes increases the risk of stroke due to accelerated aging of blood vessels.
- High blood sugar levels (hyperglycemia) are correlated with worse stroke outcomes, but lowering glucose doesn't necessarily improve recovery or prevent strokes in diabetic patients.
- Prediabetes, a precursor to type 2 diabetes, is a significant risk factor for developing diabetes and strokes, and various methods are available to diagnose it, such as measuring fasting plasma glucose and glycosylated hemoglobin levels.
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- The study aimed to investigate long-term predictors of remission in patients with medication-overuse headache (MOH) through a cohort study lasting over a decade.
- The research involved 240 patients followed for three years, revealing that 42.5% achieved remission, with the key predictors being fewer headache days before the follow-up and effective initial drug withdrawal.
- The findings suggest that a patient’s outcome after one year of treatment can reliably indicate their chances of long-term remission from MOH.
Introduction: Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis (LC) is a serious complication occuring in solid cancer patients with rather poor prognosis.
Case Report: We presented a 47-year-old woman with the 6-month history of diffuse headache, nausea and visual obscuration. Initially, clinical status and brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) indicated syndrome of idiopathic intracranial hypertension.
Introduction: Cerebral ischemic small-vessel disease (SVD), causing lacunar infarcts and white matter hyperintensities on brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), is a progressive disease associated with an increased risk of stroke, dementia and death. Increased arterial stiffness has been associated with ischemic stroke and cerebral SVD independently of common vascular risk factors.
Objective: The aim of the study was to analyze arterial stiffness in our patients with symptomatic SVD.