Cardiological evaluation of patients with a cerebral ischemic event: the relation between heart and brain
Year: 1992
Type: dissertation
Abstract: In this study several aspects of the cardiological evaluation of patients with\ncerebral ischemia are described; its usefulness for diagnosis and treatment is\ndiscussed. The aim of this thesis is to approach the clinical and epidemiological aspects of\npatients with cerebral ischemic events, while recogoizing the existence of beanbrain\ninteractions in atherosclerotic disease [22]. The general idea is that the\norganism shonld be considered as a whole; the philosophical term for this idea\nis 'holism' [23, 24, 25]. In biology the holistic idea can be confirmed by the\nexistence of generalized diseases such as atherosclerosis [26, 27, 28]. A cerebral\nischemic event can be considered as a 'Gestalt'. 1bis 'Gestalt' consists of a\nfigure and a background [21]. In the figure the special or local relationship of\natherosclerosis with one patt of the organism is expressed: in cerebral ischemia\nthe brain is the affected organ. The figure, however, may never be considered\napatt from its background. In brain ischemia, the background is formed by\natherosclerosis existiog in the whole organism; coronary sclerosis is pan of this\nbackground. The extent to which the specific or local charaCter of an event\nmanifests itself, depends on the influence of the local event on the phenomenon\nas a whole and vice versa
Author: Gheorghe Pop
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Neurology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: Sanofi
OpenAlex ID: W190801685