Comments on Etiological Classification of Stroke in Patients with Chagas Disease Using TOAST, Causative Classification System TOAST, and ASCOD Phenotyping

We have read with great interest the article by Bezerra et  al,1 in which an etiological classification of stroke in patients with Chagas heart disease using different systems is presented. By studying a tertiary referral center population composed of 32 patients with Chagas disease with stroke, the authors were able to show that although cardioembolic str oke affects the majority of patients, atherosclerosis and small-vessel occlusion still were important causes of stroke in patients with this condition.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - Category: Neurology Authors: Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research