Walter Cronkite Cerebrovascular Disease
Walter Cronkite has Cerebrovascular Disease. What is Cerebrovascular Disease? Walter Cronkite’s family issued the following statement Friday to press:
“In order to dispel false rumors, Walter Cronkite’s family wants it known that he has apparently suffered for some years with cerebrovascular disease and he is not expected to recuperate. He is resting comfortably at home with family, friends, and a wonderful medical team. We thank you for your prayers and good wishes.
Cerebrovascular disease, or stroke, is generally defined as injury to brain tissue that occurs when the brain does not receive enough blood flow and oxygen.
Medterms.com defines Cerebrovascular Diseaseas follows:
Disease of the blood vessels and, especially, the arteries that supply the brain. Cerebrovascular disease is usually caused by atherosclerosis and can lead to a stroke. See also atherosclerosis, stroke.
The Coriell Institute list Cerebrovascular Disease as follows
Overview of Cerebrovascular Disease and Stroke: The third leading cause of death in the United States, Stroke is an acute neurological event leading to death of neural tissues. Although the majority of strokes are ischemic strokes, meaning there is oxygen deprivation to the brain, almost 20% of strokes are hemorrhagic, resulting from bleeding into the brain. Stroke is a complex disorder and likely multigenic in nature, resulting from a combination of genetic and environmental factors. These well characterized risk factors that contribute to the incidence of stroke include hypertension, cardiac disease, sickle cell disease, hyperhomocysteinemia, family history of stroke and smoking.
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