The influence of cardiac and metabolic systems on the clinical course of ischemic stroke

Roman Mazur; Edmund Nartowicz; Małgorzata Świerkocka; Grzegorz Osiński; Robert Princ; Maciej Klimarczyk; Tomasz Pałka

Vol 13, No 1-2 (2011)

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Published online: 2012-06-11

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The influence of cardiac and metabolic systems on the clinical course of ischemic stroke

Roman Mazur, Edmund Nartowicz, Małgorzata Świerkocka, Grzegorz Osiński, Robert Princ, Maciej Klimarczyk, Tomasz Pałka

Udar Mózgu. Problemy Interdyscyplinarne 2011;13(1-2):1-4.

Vol 13, No 1-2 (2011)

Prace poglądowe

Published online: 2012-06-11

Abstract

Clinical observations on the influence of the cardiac and metabolic systems on the incidence and the clinical course of ischemic stroke led to huge changes in the way of thinking about it. Finally it was stopped to define stroke as a disease, it appeared to be a multifactorial syndrome. The changes in understanding were followed by introducing a new system of care and complex, multisytematic treatment of stroke patients. As a result of a new point of view, the reduction of mortality rate in stroke patients in Poland from 50% in 1997 to 6–2% in 2010–2011 was reported.