Stroke (CVA)

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A stroke consists in the sudden onset of a focal neurological deficit resulting from infarction or hemorrhage at within the brain. It accounts for the third cause of death and disability in the world. The risk of suffering from a stroke is greater at 45 years of age, and becomes quite common between the age of 70 and 80 years.Its incidence is three times higher in men than in women; however, the likelihood of undergoing a stroke in women increases after menopause. Stroke is classified according to the pathogenic mechanism involved. Eighty five percent of strokes are ischemic (either thrombotic or embolic), and the remaining 15% account for hemorrhagic strokes (intracerebral and subarachnoid hemorrhages, generally caused by hypertension or vascular malformations, 85% of which consist in aneurysms).
El ACV o Stroke (en inglés) consiste en la aparición súbita de un déficit neurológico focal producto de un infarto o una hemorragia a nivel cerebral. Constituye la tercera causa de muerte y de invalidez a nivel mundial.

El riesgo de sufrir un ACV aumenta a partir de los 45 años y es muy elevado entre la 7ª y 8ª décadas de vida. Los hombres presentan
una probabilidad 3 veces mayor que las mujeres a sufrir un ACV, aunque éstas equiparan al sexo masculino después de la menopausia. Los ACV se clasifican de acuerdo al mecanismo patogénico involucrado. El 85% corresponde a ACV isquémicos (trombóticos o embólicos) y el 15% a ACV hemorrágicos (intracerebrales y subaracnoideos, causados generalmente por cuadros hipertensivos o por complicaciones en malformaciones vasculares, de las cuales el 85% lo conforman los aneurismas).

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Ascriptin generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates
Ascriptin Enteric generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates
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Aspirin Lite Coat generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates
Aspirin Low Strength generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates
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Aspir-Low generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates
Bayer Aspirin generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates
Bayer Aspirin Extra Strength Plus generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates
Bayer Aspirin Regimen generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates
Bayer Women’s Aspirin With Calcium generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates
Buffered Aspirin generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates
Bufferin generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates
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Bufferin Extra Strength generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates
Easprin generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates
Ecotrin generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates
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Ecotrin Maximum Strength generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates
Ecpirin generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates
Empirin generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates
Fasprin generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates
Genacote generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates
Halfprin generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates
Litecoat Aspirin generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates
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Norwich Aspirin generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates
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Tri-Buffered Aspirin generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates
YSP Aspirin generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates
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