Medicus, Vol. 33 No. 2 Zdravlje žene, 2024.
Pregledni rad
Women and Stroke
Zdravka Poljaković Skurić
Sažetak
Differences in stroke epidemiology, risk factors, therapeutic outcomes as well as epidemiological data in men and women have been known for a long time and are continuously confirmed in many recent studies. At a specific age, ischemic stroke occurs more often in women than in men, and subarachnoidal hemorrhage is nearly twice as frequent in women. Furthermore, women have some specific risk factors such as migraine, hormonal changes during their lifetime, including the pregnancy period and early postpartum, as well as some genetic predispositions connected solely with the female gender. Reperfusion therapy of acute ischemic stroke in women is also somehow specific if stroke occurs in pregnancy, early postpartum, or even during menstrual bleeding. Finally, statistical data clearly show a worse functional outcome for women after stroke treatment, as well as higher influence of certain risk factors for stroke in primary and secondary stroke prevention.
Ključne riječi
stroke; women; ischemic stroke; risk factors; reperfusion therapy
Hrčak ID:
328491
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Datum izdavanja:
27.2.2025.
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