Abstract:
Hemorrhagic stroke is a desease caused by the rupture of artery in brain. This is
multifarious, and one of them is caused by the low LDL cholesterol quality. The low of LDL
cholesterol can weakened the endothelium and make the artery to be brittle. Potentially
weakened endothelium maybe more susceptible to microaneurisms, the chief pathological
finding of cerebral hemmorhagic. The objective of this study is to describe the LDL cholesterol
levels in patients with hemorrhagic stroke that treated in Section Neurology Arifin Achmad
Hospital Riau Province. Retrospective descriptive study was conducted on stroke patients
treated in 2010-2012. LDL cholesterol levels of patients were assessed using standard NCEP /
ATP III. Of 125 patients studied obtained some results which are cholesterol LDL levels
low(5.6%), optimal (8%), near optimal (26.4%), borderline high (21.6%), high (19.2 %), very
high (19.2%). Conclusion The studies, the incidence of hemorrhagic stroke more common in
patients with LDL cholesterol levels near optimal.
