Factores de riesgo de los eventos cerebro vasculares en pacientes del servicio de medicina interna del Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso de Cuenca Ecuador desde octubre del 2004 hasta junio del 2005

Abstract

Because cerebrovascular events are a public health problem worldwide as it is the third cause of death in industrialized countries and is the leading cause of disability worldwide. In this study the frequency of occurrence which is the 7.88 was established. The largest number of patients showed ischemic CVD in internal medicine unit. The CVD occurs more often in the age group of 61-70 years and males. Hypertension is the leading risk factor for both CVD esquémicos as bleeding followed by diabetes mellitus and Alcoholism