ISCHEMIC STROKE IN YOUNG PEOPLE. FEATURES OF ETIOPATHOGENESIS

The relevance of studying the problem of stroke in young people is due to the fact that its etiology in a significant proportion of patients differs from the etiology of stroke in older age groups and often remains unclear, and this affects secondary prevention; the algorithm for examining these patients has not been sufficiently developed; the medical and social consequences are great. Among young people with AI, over 40% return to work, which is associated with better recovery of motor and speech functions compared with patients of older age groups [2, 7]. In connection with the above aspects, a number of studies are being conducted studying stroke in young people. The most common classification in clinical practice is the etiopathogenetic subtypes of AI (TOAST), let's consider some provisions [12, 15]: