How to Use cerebrovascular in a Sentence

cerebrovascular

adjective
  • The same is true of cerebrovascular disease, blood clots – specifically deep vein thromboses – and strokes.
    — Nayeli Lomeli, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2022
  • The risk of cerebrovascular disease alone was 33 percent higher.
    — Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Extreme heat is also linked with cerebrovascular disease, a disorder that affects blood supply to the brain.
    — Emily Holden, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2019
  • The cause was cerebrovascular disease, his wife, Jocelyn Sladen, said.
    — Sam Roberts, New York Times, 17 June 2017
  • The cause was complications from cerebrovascular disease, said a son, Michael Lewis.
    — Marc Lewis, Washington Post, 13 June 2018
  • Morris attributes it to cerebrovascular disease — what others call ministrokes.
    — Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Most recently, it has been seen that these creases are also implicated in cerebrovascular disease -- disease of the blood vessels in the brain.
    — Adam Taylor, CNN, 29 Mar. 2018
  • Renowned journalist Walter Cronkite died at age 92 from what was believed to be a cerebrovascular disease.
    — USA Today, 29 June 2026
  • Hypertension can put people at risk for kidney damage, retinal disease and cerebrovascular disease.
    — Angela Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Oral nicotine products are associated with higher rates of death in people who have coronary artery disease or cerebrovascular disease, Hill said.
    — Fran Kritz, Verywell Health, 12 May 2026
  • In addition to no lowered risk of overall death, the study also showed that multivitamin use did not affect death from cancer, heart disease, or cerebrovascular diseases.
    — Fran Kritz, Verywell Health, 18 July 2024
  • Then come diabetes, cerebrovascular diseases (when the brain’s steady source of blood is impacted), heart failure, malignant neoplasms (a fancy term for cancer), and then flu and pneumonia.
    — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Sep. 2020
  • The data are starting to point to people with Covid, compared to those that didn’t, having a higher incidence of all kinds of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease.
    — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2023
  • And excessive salt intake is linked with stroke, cognitive impairment, and cerebrovascular disease, which affects the brain’s blood vessels and circulation.
    — Angela Haupt, TIME, 17 Oct. 2024
  • The findings were that the later the first meal of the day was eaten, the higher the risk of cerebrovascular (CVD) disease, a condition that affects blood flow and the blood vessels in the brain.
    — Sheah Rarback, Miami Herald, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Women with uterine fibroids were at a higher risk of developing three major heart conditions — coronary artery, cerebrovascular, and peripheral artery diseases.
    — Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 10 Dec. 2025
  • When pulmonary embolisms or cerebrovascular incidents occur among those who work to serve the public, they can be correlated directly to the high demands and extreme stress that first responders experience in their roles.
    — Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 16 Apr. 2024
  • The risks for survivors 65 and up were greater for kidney failure, blood clots, cerebrovascular disease, muscle disorders, neurological conditions, and mental health conditions.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 25 May 2022
  • The researchers were surprised to find that participants with chronic insomnia who reported sleeping more than usual had fewer white matter spots in the brain — areas where small vessel disease may have damaged brain tissue, which have been linked to cerebrovascular disease.
    — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Deaths can result from heat stroke and related conditions as well as cardiovascular, respiratory and cerebrovascular diseases, the CDC notes.
    — Aya Elamroussi, CNN, 6 July 2023
  • Deaths result from heat stroke and related conditions, but also from cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, and cerebrovascular disease.
    — Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Among them were chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, cerebrovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes and obesity.
    — Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2021
  • Vascular Dementia Vascular dementia (also known as cerebrovascular disease) is typically the result of a recent stroke.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 21 Feb. 2023
  • There are also other components in caffeinated beverages – particularly tea – that can provide brain boosting effects such as polyphenols and L-theanine which may guard against oxidative stress and support cerebrovascular function.
    — New Atlas, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Diagnostic cerebral angiography — the foundational imaging procedure for cerebrovascular disease — has been performed even more extensively in this setting.
    — Richard Menger Md Mpa, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • That’s more than the number of deaths from pediatric congenital anomalies, heart disease, influenza and/or pneumonia, chronic lower respiratory disease, and cerebrovascular causes.
    — NBC News, 12 Mar. 2018
  • According to South Korean newswire Yonhap, one of the deceased was a 63-year-old nursing home resident with cerebrovascular disease, who died after showing symptoms of blood poisoning and pneumonia.
    — Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2021
  • Mexican local news outlet, El Universal, reported that Wozniak had suffered a cerebrovascular (ischemia) accident.
    — Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Physical activity, including walking, can reduce the risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular (affecting blood vessels in the brain and spinal cord) diseases, type 2 diabetes, cognitive impairment, and dementia.
    — Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, Rdn, Ld, Health, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Romero interpreted a chart showing state figures on deaths associated with comorbidities — primarily hypertensive disease, diabetes, ischemic heart disease, heart failure and cerebrovascular disease.
    — Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 1 Sep. 2020

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