Browsing by Author "Mery C, V."

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    Características de la enfermedad cerebrovascular en un Servicio de Cuidados Intermedios Neurológicos, en Chile. Análisis de 459 pacientes consecutivos
    (2005) Mellado T., Patricio; Court L, J.; Godoy F, J.; Mery C, V.; Barnett T, C.; Andresen H, M.; Huete L, I.; Tevah C, J.; Tomicic F, V.; Romero P, C.; Fadic R, R.; Soza M, M.A.; Valenzuela M, R.; Tapia I, J.
    Stroke is the second cause of mortality and the first cause of morbidity in Chile and worldwide. Nowadays there is a major interest in introducing new therapies applying evidence based medicine for these patients. Aim: To describe the clinical profile of patients attended after a stroke, to determine stroke subtypes and their risk factors. Material and methods: Retrospective review of clinical records of 459 patients (mean age 65±48 years, 238 female) that were admitted to our unit during a period of 37 months. Results: Sixty three percent of patients had an ischemic stroke, 14% had an hemorrhagic stroke, 15% had a transient ischemic attack, 2% had a cerebral venous thrombosis and 6% a subarachnoidal hemorrhage. The global mortality was 1%. Seventy percent of patients had a history of high blood pressure. Conclusions: The most common type of stroke is ischemic and high blood pressure is the main risk factor (Rev Méd Chile 2005; 133: 1274-84).
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    Síndrome del creciente temporal. Reporte de un caso y revisión de la literatura
    (2004) Mery C, V.; Mellado T., Patricio; Valenzuela Mangini, Raúl; Luco Franzoy, Cristián; Huete Lira, Isidro
    The temporal crescent syndrome or half-moon syndrome is a rare mono ocular retrochiasmatic visual field defect that can be correlated to a lesion along the contralateral parieto-occipital sulcus. This field defect may be missed in automated perimetry. We report a 45 years old man, consulting for sudden loss of the peripheral temporal field in his right eye. The magnetic resonance imaging and the spectroscopy studies confirmed an ischemic lesion on the left anterior occipital cortex. Control imaging studies six months later did not show changes in the lesion (Rev Méd Chile 2004; 132: 1523-6).