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Stroke and the Developing Cerebrovascular System Unlike adults, in most children with stroke, conditions such as diabetes and hypertension make little contribution to the etiology of stroke. Developmental, genetic, and environmental factors are the major contributors to cerebrovascular injury in…
Epidemiology and Risk Factors There are approximately 795,000 new or recurrent strokes annually in the United States (610,000 being first events and 185,000 being recurrent events) ( ) Despite declining stroke incidence, 7 million Americans above the age of 20…