Cerebrovascular Disease Case Study

In this case study it focuses on the Cerebrovascular Disease in the elderly, and how it challenges the elderly to have multiple intracranial aneurysms (MIA). Its concern is to assess the best treatment for the disease. Cerebrovascular disease occurs when a blood vessel that supplies blood to the brain is blocked by a blood clot or a plaque. Symptoms are due to a hemorrhagic CVA. This may include a severe headache that develop quickly. In this worldwide population aging, it is common to diagnose a ruptured cerebral aneurysm in someone older than 65 years old. When treating these patients the procedure have to be considered together with lower life expectancy and usually more problems. To assess the best strategy in the elderly is to perform a retrospective study among the patient. They evaluate the contingent differences between different treatment techniques and different management strategies for the un-ruptured aneurysms. They tested 41 people older than 65 years old with multiple aneurysms; 26 was females and 15 was males. …show more content…
Multiple intracranial aneurysms (MIA) seem related to hypertension, cigarette smoking, and family history of cerebrovascular disease. In this case study it showed that all males and 16 of the females had hypertension, dyslipidemia, familiarity or smoking habit. The issue for the patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is that they have an overall less favorable outcome than the single aneurysm cases. Coiling of the ruptured aneurysm represents the procedure with high effectiveness. Study shows that using the general coiling is safe and effective. Clipping in some cases does not considered as first treatment and represent a possible option only in different