EVALUATION ON SERUM HOMOCYSTEINE LEVELS IN CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENTS: A TERTIARY CARE TEACHING HOSPITAL STUDY

Dr Mohd Shafat Imam Siddiqui; Dr Bashar Imam Ahmad

Volume : VIII, Issue : II, February - 2018

EVALUATION ON SERUM HOMOCYSTEINE LEVELS IN CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENTS: A TERTIARY CARE TEACHING HOSPITAL STUDY

Dr Mohd Shafat Imam Siddiqui, Dr Bashar Imam Ahmad

Abstract :

Homocysteine is a risk factor for atherosclerotic vascular disease, with adverse influence on endothelial cells, vascular smooth muscle cells, connective tissue, interactions with plasma lipoproteins and platelets. Aim of the study was to detect the serum homocysteine levels in Cereovascular accidents as a risk factor for stroke. These findings suggest that the total homocysteine level is significantly higher in patients with stroke (cereal infarction) than healthy controls. Now a day, hyperhomocysteinemia is considered an independent risk factor for the incidence of stroke, even though there is lack of convincing explanation till date.