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The interest in carrying out this study is based on the need to understand the experiences of people who have suffered physical sequelae of cerebrovascular disease. This research was carried out in the municipality of Santa Rosa de Cabal, Risaralda, Colombia. Objective: To understand the experiences and meanings that people who have suffered a cerebrovascular disease give to the physical sequelae caused by it. Methodology: Qualitative study, which is characterized by being holistic, reflective, hermeneutic, with an ethnographic approach and part of the "emic" view. Sixteen people over 30 years of age with physical sequelae of cerebrovascular disease were included, and they were interviewed and kept a field diary. Results: For the participants, cerebrovascular disease is an event that does not warn and lasts with the establishment of physical and psychological sequelae, which generate exclusion for themselves and others, leading them to isolation, blaming, and stigmatization, and this confronts them with the need to rejoin and be independent or resign and remain dependent. Conclusion: Participants with physical and psychological sequelae live experiences that can be obstacles that accentuate isolation, blame and stigmatization, both from themselves and from other people towards them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Moyamoya disease is a rare disorder that involves the cerebrovascular system. Usually, it leads to occlusion of the arteries of the cerebral system and causes cerebral circulatory complaints. A 48-year-old female patient was admitted to our clinic with intermittent claudication in both legs. Biphasic and monophasic waveform patterns were detected bilaterally in distal (trifurcation arteries) lower extremities with Doppler sonography. The patient therefore underwent systemic vascular examination. Computed tomography angiography revealed bilateral carotid occlusion at the level of supraclinoid segments, and opacifications were detected at the distal segments of the bilateral anterior cerebellar and middle cerebellar arteries. The patient was diagnosed with moyamoya disease, and anticoagulant treatment was started. In conclusion, most previous reports have presented the cerebrovascular involvement of moyamoya disease. However, this disease can involve different peripheral vascular systems and careful and systemic vascular examination is necessary for an exact diagnosis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: To establish the relationship between the Social Determinants of Health and the human functioning, considering the activity and participation components of people with Stroke at San Juan de Pasto city. Methods: The cohort study with an intentional sample of 98 people with Stroke, over 18 years, with a minimum of 6 months of evolution of the lesion, without cognitive or language deficit, users of health institutions and specialized centers in the city of Pasto. It was used the instrument of Social Determinants of Health and tool of evaluation activity limitations and participation restrictions. Results: the highest percentage of the population is male (54,1%), over 65 years of age, from strata 1 and 2 (78,6%), with a low level of education (they attended until preschool and incomplete primary -17,1 y 27,1%- respectively) they do not report current labor activity (84.6%), nor economic income (51.1%). Significant correlations were found between the socioeconomic stratum, the housing condition and the consumption of medications, with the limitation in activity and restriction in participation (p < 0.05). Conclusions: The results provide evidence regarding activity limitations, participation restrictions and social inequities in the population studied with Stroke at San Juan de Pasto city. This information can be used to advance initiatives and public actions at the departmental level, emphasizing social conditions and multidimensional aspects of disability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Isolated occlusion of the common carotid artery (CCA) is a relatively uncommon lesion (0.5 to 5%). Most patients with occlusion of the CCA have concomitant lesions of the ipsilateral internal carotid artery (ICA) and external carotid artery (ECA), and ECA may occasionally preserve ICA patency by means of retrograde flow. We report the case of a symptomatic patient with occlusion of the CCA and patency of the ICA and ECA treated with subclavian-carotid bypass graft. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]