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[Hematological changes and cerebrovascular disorders]
M T Abellán1, B Pascual, J L Martí-Vilalta
1Servicio de Neurologia, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Sant Antoni Maria Claret, Barcelona.
Stroke is due to abnormalities in the vascular wall, heart disease or hematological abnormalities. This last cause has a low causal rate in stroke but despite this its importance is self evident given that there still exists a number of stroke patients where etiology cannot be established. An exhaustive check was carried out on the different hematological phenomena which may play a part in the etiology of ischaemic or hemorrhagic strokes. We analyzed abnormalities in the red series, white series and blood cells; coagulapathies; discrasias of the plasmic cells and antiphospholipid antibodies. For each of the hematological entities, conceptual criteria, their role in brain hemorrhage or ischaemia, and therapeutic measures were established.
Stroke is due to abnormalities in the vascular wall, heart disease or hematological abnormalities. This last cause has a low causal rate in stroke but despite this its importance is self evident given that there still exists a number of stroke patients where etiology cannot be established. An exhaustive check was carried out on the different hematological phenomena which may play a part in the etiology of ischaemic or hemorrhagic strokes. We analyzed abnormalities in the red series, white series and blood cells; coagulapathies; discrasias of the plasmic cells and antiphospholipid antibodies. For each of the hematological entities, conceptual criteria, their role in brain hemorrhage or ischaemia, and therapeutic measures were established.