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3 Μαΐ 2024 · An occipital stroke affects the part of your brain responsible for vision. Learn more about its unique symptoms, risk factors, and treatments.
20 Οκτ 2023 · Keep reading to learn more about occipital stroke, including symptoms, causes, risk factors, visual effects, diagnosis, outlook, and when to seek help.
11 Σεπ 2024 · What Causes an Occipital Lobe Stroke? The occipital lobes allow for visuospatial abilities and processing (understanding of immediate surroundings) including: Depth perception. Distance. Interpretation of colors. Facial recognition. Object recognition. Formation of memories.
Stroke is a particularly important issue for women. Women account for over half of all persons who experienced a stroke. The lifetime risk of stroke is higher in women than in men. In addition, women have worse stroke outcomes than men.
19 Μαΐ 2014 · What causes posterior circulation stroke? The most common causes of posterior circulation stroke are occlusion or embolism from large artery vertebrobasilar atherosclerosis or dissection, and embolism from the heart.11 12 In a large US hospital registry study of 407 patients with posterior circulation stroke, embolism was the most common ...
8 Φεβ 2018 · Although the majority of stroke incidence can be attributed to traditional vascular risk factors that occur in both men and women, including hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes mellitus, smoking, and atrial fibrillation, there are several stroke risk factors that are specific to women.
In addition to aiding in diagnosis of acute stroke, patterns of infarction on imaging can suggest a cause, which not only influences immediate management strategies, but also informs optimal secondary prevention therapies to prevent stroke recurrence.
