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[Vascular brain lesions and ischemic heart disease]
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Essential hypertension plays a larger role in causing cerebral vascular disorders than in heart disease. Historical and modern data suggest cerebral hemorrhages are ancient, while ischemic heart disease is a modern "disease of civilization."
Area of Science:
- Neurology
- Cardiology
- Vascular Medicine
- Medical History
Background:
- Essential hypertension is a significant risk factor for cerebrovascular diseases.
- Cerebrovascular disorders, including hemorrhagic and ischemic types, have a complex pathogenesis.
- Ischemic heart disease has emerged as a prevalent condition in developed nations in recent times.
Purpose of the Study:
- To compare the role of essential hypertension in cerebral vascular disorders versus ischemic heart disease.
- To analyze the historical prevalence of cerebral hemorrhages and compare it with modern data.
- To evaluate the relative contributions of hypertension and atherosclerosis to modern
Main Methods:
- Comparative analysis of historical medical evidence and contemporary statistical data.
- Review of ancient medical texts and epidemiological studies on cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
Main Results:
- Cerebral hemorrhages appear to have been common since ancient Greece and Rome.
- Ischemic heart disease has become widespread only in recent times.
- The pathogenesis of cerebral vascular disorders may be more influenced by essential hypertension than ischemic heart disease.
Conclusions:
- Essential hypertension's role in cerebral vascular pathogenesis is likely greater than in ischemic heart disease.
- The differing timelines of prevalence suggest distinct etiological factors, with hypertension being key for cerebral events.
- Atherosclerosis may play a less dominant role in cerebral vascular disorders compared to its role in ischemic heart disease.
Abstract:
The role of essential hypertension in the pathogenesis of cerebral vessel disorders (not only hemorrhagic, but also ischemic) is greater than in the pathogenesis of the heart ischemic disease. An analysis of the evidences left by ancient doctors, when compared with statistical data of our time, gives one grounds to believe that cerebral hemorrhages have been a rather common disease, at least, since the time of the antique civilization of Greece and Rome, whereas ischemic heart disease has become a widespread disease among the population of the developed countries only in our time. This makes it possible to assume that the role of essential hypertension and that of atherosclerosis are not equal in the "diseases of civilization", if the diseases of today's developed society are meant.