Trends in 10-Year Survival of Patients With Stroke Hospitalized Between 1980 and 2000: The Minnesota Stroke Survey [Clinical Sciences]

Conclusions—
These poststroke survival trends are likely because of multiple factors, including more sensitive case ascertainment shifting the case mix toward less severe strokes, improved stroke care and risk factor management, and overall improvements in population health and longevity.

Source: Stroke - August 25, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Lakshminarayan, K., Berger, A. K., Fuller, C. C., Jacobs, D. R., Anderson, D. C., Steffen, L. M., Sillah, A., Luepker, R. V. Tags: Acute Cerebral Hemorrhage, Acute Cerebral Infarction Clinical Sciences Source Type: research