Temporal Trends in Stroke Severity and Prior Antithrombotic Use Among Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients in Japan.

CONCLUSIONS: In this Japanese study, the mean age of ischemic stroke onset increased, while the initial neurological severity at presentation decreased, over a 12-year period. PMID: 27452200 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Circulation Journal - July 21, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Nezu T, Hosomi N, Lip GY, Aoki S, Shimomura R, Maruyama H, Yagita Y, Matsumoto M, Kobayashi S, Japan Standard Stroke Registry Study Group Tags: Circ J Source Type: research