European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine

Abstract

Abstract: Objective: to study the risk factors, clinical and pathogenetic features for the
subtypes of ischemic stroke at a young age in a comparative aspect. During 2017-2019, 74
patients with ischemic stroke (IS) or transient ischemic attack (TIA) were under
observation, 48 men and 26 women. All patients were divided into 2 groups: I-st (main)
group included 33 patients aged 20 - 44 years (aged of 40.5 ± 3.1 years); II-nd
(comparative) group - 41 patients age group over 60 years (aged of 67,9±3,9 years).
According to the TOAST criteria, a stroke of an unknown etiology occurred in young
people (49%), in old-aged - cardioembolic (39%) and atherothrombotic subtypes (31%).
Among the risk factors for ischemic stroke in young people revealed a combination of bad
habits, and in the old-aged category, such modulated factors as arterial hypertension, 2nd
type of diabetes mellitus, hypercholesterolemia are revealed. These findings confirm the
urgency of the problem of cerebral infarction of a young age and the need for further
implementation of the latest examination methods and a deeper study of the cardiovascular
system.