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Chapter 2, Strokes in young adults - Coggle Diagram
Chapter 2
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recommendations
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I = Indeterminant, insufficient, I don't know
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epidemiologists investigating whether there's another explanation for changes in the dist. of disease
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Strokes in young adults
Strokes in young adults are uncommon but leave people disabled for the majority of their life - there is an increasing rate in stokes among young adults
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risk factors
hypertension, smoking, dyslipidemia are common across age groups but differ in prevalence
Younger patients with fewer risk factors tend to have lower recurrence rates and long-term mortality compared to those with multiple risk factors
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etiology
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Cardioembolic stroke makes up to one-third of ischemic strokes in young adults, with patent foramen ovale being associated with cryptogenic stroke
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