[Ischemic cerebral stroke and alcohol]

Retrospective analysis of patients with ischaemic cerebral stroke with particular relation to an effect of alcohol has been made. A group of 277 male patients aged upto 60 years was distinguished. Out of these patients alcohol abuse in anamnesis concerned 128 patients, and ischaemic cerebral stroke occurred in 16 of them during or immediately after drinking. An analysis included neurological status of the patients and the status of vascular system in correlation with changes in cerebral vessels angiography.