Importance rating of risk factors of ischemic stroke in patients over 85 years old in the polish population.
CONCLUSION: The course of brain stroke in the Polish population is more severe in patients over 85 years old than in younger ones. The key risk factor in this group is atrial fibrillation.
PMID: 29196059 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska - Category: Neurology Authors: Pastuszak Ż, Koźniewska E, Stępień A, Piusińska-Macoch A, Czernicki Z, Koszewski W Tags: Neurol Neurochir Pol Source Type: research
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