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Vascular Stiffness

 Subject

Staff Only
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = Loss of vascular ELASTICITY due to factors such as AGING; and ARTERIOSCLEROSIS. Increased arterial stiffness is one of the RISK FACTORS for many CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES.,Created For = LHSA-Dott,Use For = Stiffness

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

PR1.1500, 1937-1938

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1500
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 44 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: headaches; stiffness; vision impairments; and confusion. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937-1938
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE Professor Norman Dott Case Notes

PR2.5139, 1946-1947

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.5139
Scope and Contents

Typed correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 4 in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: meningitis; measles; tubercular softening of both occipital lobes; headache; vomiting; and stiffness. No treatment given. Patient not examined.

Dates: 1946-1947
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 1)