Stroke in elderly patients
Anatskaia, L.N.
Zhurnal Nevrologii i Psikhiatrii Imeni S.S. Korsakova 111(8 Part 2): 74-80
2011
ISSN/ISBN: 1997-7298 PMID: 22224250 Document Number: 648357
Stroke is a disease predominantly of elderly people. Three-quarters of strokes occur after age 65 years, while age has a great influence on the outcomes of stroke. Stroke risk factors and mechanisms of ischemic cerebral damage are different in older and younger patients. Elderly patients have a severe course of stroke. Emergency diagnosis and active intensive treatment of stroke with antioxidants and neuroprotectors improve the outcome of this disease in the old age. The special focus is on the use of complex energy corrector cytoflavin that increases brain tolerance to ischemia in elderly patients with stroke. Particular attention should be paid to primary and secondary stroke prevention after 65 years of age.