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Predictive variables for mortality after acute ischemic stroke.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Carter, Angela M. Catto, Andrew J. Mansfield, Michael W. Bamford, John M. Grant, Peter J. |
| Copyright Year | 2007 |
| Abstract | BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Stroke is a major healthcare issue worldwide with an incidence comparable to coronary events, highlighting the importance of understanding risk factors for stroke and subsequent mortality. METHODS In the present study, we determined long-term (all-cause) mortality in 545 patients with ischemic stroke compared with a cohort of 330 age-matched healthy control subjects followed up for a median of 7.4 years. We assessed the effect of selected demographic, clinical, biochemical, hematologic, and hemostatic factors on mortality in patients with ischemic stroke. Stroke subtype was classified according to the Oxfordshire Community Stroke Project criteria. Patients who died 30 days or less after the acute event (n=32) were excluded from analyses because this outcome is considered to be directly attributable to the acute event. RESULTS Patients with ischemic stroke were at more than 3-fold increased risk of death compared with the age-matched control cohort. In multivariate analyses, age, stroke subtype, atrial fibrillation, and previous stroke/transient ischemic attack were predictive of mortality in patients with ischemic stroke. Albumin and creatinine and the hemostatic factors von Willebrand factor and beta-thromboglobulin were also predictive of mortality in patients with ischemic stroke after accounting for demographic and clinical variables. CONCLUSIONS The results indicate that subjects with acute ischemic stroke are at increased risk of all-cause mortality. Advancing age, large-vessel stroke, atrial fibrillation, and previous stroke/transient ischemic attack predict mortality; and analysis of albumin, creatinine, von Willebrand factor, and beta-thromboglobulin will aid in the identification of patients at increased risk of death after stroke. |
| Starting Page | 28 |
| Ending Page | 36 |
| Page Count | 9 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://stroke.ahajournals.org/content/strokeaha/early/2007/04/19/STROKEAHA.106.474569.full.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://stroke.ahajournals.org/content/strokeaha/38/6/1873.full.pdf?download=true |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://stroke.ahajournals.org/content/strokeaha/38/6/1873.full.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://stroke.ahajournals.org/content/strokeaha/early/2007/04/19/STROKEAHA.106.474569.full.pdf?download=true |
| PubMed reference number | 17446429v1 |
| Volume Number | 38 |
| Issue Number | 6 |
| Journal | Stroke |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy Atrial Fibrillation Blood Platelets Blood Vessel Tissue Cerebral Infarction Cerebrovascular accident Cessation of life Classification Creatinine Entity Name Part Qualifier - adopted Exclusion Handling (Psychology) Heart Atrium Hematology (discipline) Hemostatic Agents Kidney Diseases Leukemia, Myelocytic, Acute PPBP gene Patients Platelet Activation Thrombosis Transient Ischemic Attack Vascular Diseases beta-Thromboglobulin, human |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
