Etiology and Risk Factors for Ischemic Stroke

The Metabolic Syndrome and Cerebrovascular Disease: Suspicion and Evidence
Antonio Gil-Núñez

Stroke Unit, Department of Neurology, Gregorio Marañón General University Hospital, Madrid, Spain

Address of Corresponding Author

Cerebrovasc Dis 2007;24 (Suppl. 1):64-75 (DOI: 10.1159/000107380)

  Key Words

• Stroke prevention
• Stroke, risk factor
• Diabetes
• Metabolic syndrome

  Abstract

The metabolic syndrome (MS) is the combination of factors which, when occurring in an individual, can result in an increased risk of diabetes mellitus (DM) and of episodes of vascular disease. We present a systematic review of the diagnostic criteria, pathology, prevalence and risk of vascular disease (including stroke) associated with the MS and, if the patients have already suffered cerebral ischemia and have the MS and/or DM, the appropriate therapies from which they could benefit.

Copyright © 2007 S. Karger AG, Basel

  Author Contacts

Antonio Gil-Núñez, MD
Stroke Unit, Department of Neurology, Gregorio Marañón General University Hospital
Dr. Esquerdo, 46
ES-28007 Madrid (Spain)
Tel. +34 91 586 8012, Fax +34 91 586 8339, E-Mail agiln@meditex.es

  Article Information

Published online: November 1, 2007
Number of Print Pages : 12
Number of Figures : 1, Number of Tables : 3, Number of References : 112