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Implementing the proclamation of stroke and potentially preventable dementias
- Source :
- J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich), Anatomy and Cell Biology Publications
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2018.
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Abstract
- Brain health plays a central role in wellbeing and in the management of chronic diseases. Stroke and dementia pose the two greatest threats to brain health, but recent developments suggest the possibility that preventing stroke may also prevent some dementias: 1. A large population study showed a 32% decrease in the incidence of stroke and a concomitant 7% reduction in the incidence of dementia; 2. Treatment of atrial fibrillation resulted not only in stroke reduction, but a 48% decrease in dementia; 3. A hypothesis free analyses has shown that the first phase of Alzheimer disease involves vascular dysregulation, opening the door to new therapeutic approaches; 4. Cognitive impairment, often treatable and reversible, accompanies heart and kidney failure. These developments, combined with the knowledge that stroke, dementia and heart disease share the same major treatable risk factors, particularly hypertension, offers an opportunity for their joint prevention. This aspiration is expressed by a Proclamation of the World Stroke Organization on Stroke and Potentially Preventable Dementias and endorsed by the World Heart Federation, the World Hypertension League, Alzheimer Disease International and 18 other international, regional and national organizations as a call for action.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Heart Diseases
Heart disease
dementia
prevention
stroke
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
Global Health
Cell and Developmental Biology
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Alzheimer Disease
Risk Factors
Atrial Fibrillation
Internal Medicine
medicine
Humans
Dementia
Cognitive Dysfunction
Renal Insufficiency
Vascular Diseases
Cognitive decline
Intensive care medicine
Cognitive impairment
Stroke
Proclamation
Heart Failure
Organizations
business.industry
Incidence
Incidence (epidemiology)
Society Statements
Atrial fibrillation
medicine.disease
small vessel disease
cognitive decline
alzheimers-disease
blood-pressure
heart-failure
ischemic-stroke
risk
brain
hypertension
metaanalysis
Cerebrovascular Disorders
Blood pressure
Neurology
Heart failure
Hypertension
Anatomy
Alzheimer's disease
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15246175
- Volume :
- 20
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Journal of Clinical Hypertension
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....1bd70a8e288b23266859cc40e509c744