What's the difference between cva and stroke?

Cva


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) To test this, porcine pulmonary artery endothelial cells were exposed to 95% O2 at 1 atmosphere absolute (ATA) in the presence or absence of cis vaccenic acid (CVA), a monounsaturated fatty acid (C18:1#11).
  • (2) Lastly, the CVA indicated major differences across the genus to be located in the teeth and jaws, suggesting diet might be an important distinguishing feature in Colobus.
  • (3) However, both the high grade fever and right CVA tenderness persisted.
  • (4) Thirteen of the survivors are well, 11 have returned to work, 2 have had a CVA, and 1 has a descending thoracic aneurysm.
  • (5) The efficacy of BRL28500, a formulation of ticarcillin (TIPC, 15 parts) and clavulanic acid (CVA, 1 part), against TIPC-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae was studied both in vitro and in vivo.
  • (6) The 5-year cerebrovascular accident (CVA) rate for patients with carotid-subclavian bypass done with prosthetic grafts was 6% in contrast to 39% for those with vein grafts (p less than 0.0545).
  • (7) An anti-coagulant treatment was prescribed for 3 patients who had suffered a CVA, and for a fourth presenting numerous supraventricular extrasystoles which were sometimes grouped.
  • (8) In addition, mutations in the ColV export signal differentially affect export through CvaAB and HlyBD, suggesting differences in signal specificity between the Cva and Hly systems.
  • (9) 99mTc-EHDP is shown to be the tracer of choice for the imaging of CVA's and 99mTcO4- is confirmed as the tracer of choice for the imaging of primary or secondary tumours in the brain.
  • (10) Combined treatment with estradiol and rat prolactin (3 mug every 8 h for 6 days) increased more efficiently than estradiol alone the amount of CVA in immature and adult nonestrogenized animals.
  • (11) The core of BHS’s plan is to cut the rent it pays on roughly half its 164 shops , which it is trying to achieve through a CVA.
  • (12) However, a group of patients who are at high risk of developing left ventricular thrombi (LVT) and CVA following MI can be identified.
  • (13) Six-hour urinary excretion rates were 29.5-62.6% for AMPC and 12.6-37.9% for CVA.
  • (14) The complication ratio of CVA after CABG were significantly higher in group A than those in groups B.
  • (15) Sixteen patients who had suffered a CVA within 6 to 12 months and who were medication-free had blood taken for measurement of platelet 5-HT uptake.
  • (16) Recovery after CVA was best among normoglycaemic patients (good 45%, moderate 29%, poor 14%, fatal 12%) and poorest among diabetic patients (moderate 21%, poor 37%, fatal 42%).
  • (17) The presence of risk factors including hypertension, diabetes, a history of CVA or TIA's, tobacco use and hyperlipidemia was recorded.
  • (18) SEPs were better than age, sex and side of CVA in predicting functional outcome as measured by these scores.
  • (19) Patients with CVA's of the brain stem must be hospitalized in neurology departments.
  • (20) Presenting symptoms were TIA (36), CVA (25), amaurosis fugax (17), and asymptomatic carotid stenosis greater than 80 per cent (22).

Stroke


Definition:

  • (imp.) Struck.
  • (v. t.) The act of striking; a blow; a hit; a knock; esp., a violent or hostile attack made with the arm or hand, or with an instrument or weapon.
  • (v. t.) The result of effect of a striking; injury or affliction; soreness.
  • (v. t.) The striking of the clock to tell the hour.
  • (v. t.) A gentle, caressing touch or movement upon something; a stroking.
  • (v. t.) A mark or dash in writing or printing; a line; the touch of a pen or pencil; as, an up stroke; a firm stroke.
  • (v. t.) Hence, by extension, an addition or amandment to a written composition; a touch; as, to give some finishing strokes to an essay.
  • (v. t.) A sudden attack of disease; especially, a fatal attack; a severe disaster; any affliction or calamity, especially a sudden one; as, a stroke of apoplexy; the stroke of death.
  • (v. t.) A throb or beat, as of the heart.
  • (v. t.) One of a series of beats or movements against a resisting medium, by means of which movement through or upon it is accomplished; as, the stroke of a bird's wing in flying, or an oar in rowing, of a skater, swimmer, etc.
  • (v. t.) The rate of succession of stroke; as, a quick stroke.
  • (v. t.) The oar nearest the stern of a boat, by which the other oars are guided; -- called also stroke oar.
  • (v. t.) The rower who pulls the stroke oar; the strokesman.
  • (v. t.) A powerful or sudden effort by which something is done, produced, or accomplished; also, something done or accomplished by such an effort; as, a stroke of genius; a stroke of business; a master stroke of policy.
  • (v. t.) The movement, in either direction, of the piston plunger, piston rod, crosshead, etc., as of a steam engine or a pump, in which these parts have a reciprocating motion; as, the forward stroke of a piston; also, the entire distance passed through, as by a piston, in such a movement; as, the piston is at half stroke.
  • (v. t.) Power; influence.
  • (v. t.) Appetite.
  • (v. t.) To strike.
  • (v. t.) To rib gently in one direction; especially, to pass the hand gently over by way of expressing kindness or tenderness; to caress; to soothe.
  • (v. t.) To make smooth by rubbing.
  • (v. t.) To give a finely fluted surface to.
  • (v. t.) To row the stroke oar of; as, to stroke a boat.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The major treatable risk factors in thromboembolic stroke are hypertension and transient ischemic attacks (TIA).
  • (2) In the stage 24 chick embryo, a paced increase in heart rate reduces stroke volume, presumably by rate-dependent decrease in passive filling.
  • (3) We studied the effects of the localisation and size of ischemic brain infarcts and the influence of potential covariates (gender, age, time since infarction, physical handicap, cognitive impairment, aphasia, cortical atrophy and ventricular size) on 'post-stroke depression'.
  • (4) Serum sialic acid concentration predicts both death from CHD and stroke in men and women independent of age.
  • (5) Cardiovascular disease event rates will be assessed through continuous community surveillance of fatal and nonfatal myocardial infarction and stroke.
  • (6) Five late strokes were ipsilateral (1.8%) and six were contralateral (2.1%) to the operated carotid artery.
  • (7) Diabetic retinopathy (an index of microangiopathy) and absence of peripheral pulses, amputation, or history of myocardial infarction, stroke, or transient ischemic attacks (as evidence of macroangiopathy) caused surprisingly little increase in relative risk for cardiovascular death.
  • (8) Urinary incontinence present between 7 and 10 days after stroke was the most important adverse prognostic factor both for survival and for recovery of function.
  • (9) Acetylsalicylic acid has been shown to reduce significantly stroke, death and stroke-related death in men, with no detectable benefit for women.
  • (10) Atrophy was present in 44% of TIA patients, 68% of PRIND patients and 82% of completed stroke patients.
  • (11) On the basis of clinical symptoms and CT scan findings, 66 patients were categorized as having sustained a RIND and 187 a stroke.
  • (12) Recognised risk factors for stroke were found equally in those patients with and without severe events before onset, except that hypertension was rather less common in the patients who had experienced a severe event.
  • (13) These are risk factors for diabetes, cardiovascular disease and stroke.
  • (14) Stroke was the cause of 2 and congestive heart failure the cause of 4 deaths.
  • (15) Combined clinical observations, stroke volume measured by impedance cardiography, and ejection fractions calculated from systolic time intervals, all showed significant improvement in parallel with CoQ10 administration.
  • (16) He won the Labour candidacy for the Scottish seat of Kilmarnock and Loudon in 1997, within weeks of polling day, after the sitting Labour MP, Willie McKelvey, decided to stand down when he suffered a stroke.
  • (17) During surgical stimulation cardiac index increased in group A due to an increase in heart rate but remained below control in group B, while stroke volume index was reduced in both groups throughout the whole procedure.
  • (18) In 2001 Sorensen suffered a stroke, which seriously damaged his eyesight, but he continued to be involved in a number of organisations, including the Council on Foreign Relations and other charitable and public bodies, until a second stroke in October 2010.
  • (19) Two hundred and forty-one residents were examined for carotid bruits and signs of previous stroke.
  • (20) One hundred ten atherosclerotic occlusions of the internal carotid artery (ICA) were found in 106 patients in group I. Fifty-one percent of these patients had a history of stroke before arteriography, 24% had transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) or amaurosis fugax (AF), and 12% had nonhemispheric symptoms.

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