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KMID : 0363620080290010192
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Journal of Korean Oriental Medicine
2008 Volume.29 No. 1 p.192 ~ p.199
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Study of Silent Infarct in First-ever Cerebral Infarction Patients Treated in an Oriental Medical Hospital
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Jeong Seung-Min
Han Chang-Ho
Ko Seong-Gyu
Kim Dong-Woo
Go Ho-Yeon
Hsia Yu-Chun
Jung Ki-Yong
Jung Hee
Choi You-Kyung
Cho Ki-Ho
Park Jong-Hyung
Lee Ju-Ah
Bang Ok-Sun
Jun Chang-Yong
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Abstract
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Objective: Silent infarct is more common in healthy elderly people and seems associated with risk of future stroke. However, the prevalence and risk factors of silent infarct are unclear. We investigated the prevalence and risk factors of silent infarct.
Methods: 56 first-ever cerebral infarct patients were enrolled in this study. CT images were made of all 56 patients. We divided them into two groups according to the presence of silent infarcts and comparedage, sex, education period, WHR, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, smoking, numbness and weakness of thumb and index finger, neck stiffness, facial spasm, and blepherospasm.
Result: Silent infarcts were found in 24 patients(43%). Most infarcts(48%) were located in basal ganglia. Age, sex,
education period, WHR, numbness and weakness of thumb and index finger, neck stiffness, facial spasm, and
blepherospasm were similar between the two groups. Diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, and smoking were higher in
the silent infarct group. Hypertension was higher in the non-silent infarct group.
Conclusion: The prevalence of silent infarct in first-ever cerebral infarction patients was 43% and diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, and smoking were higher in silent infarct patients.
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KEYWORD
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Silent infarct, first-ever cerebral infarction
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