Characterisation of recent trends in cardiovascular risk factors in young and middle-aged patients with ischaemic stroke and/or transient ischaemic attack

Strokes in the young and middle-aged are associated with a disproportionately large economic and social impact in addition to their clinical effects. Standard Modifiable Cardiovascular Risk Factors (SMuRFs; hypercholesterolaemia, hypertension, diabetes mellitus and smoking) are key drivers of cardiovascular disease including strokes, however recent temporal trends in the younger stroke population have not been well characterised. We aimed to evaluate recent trends of SMuRFs in a cohort of younger patients with ischaemic stroke.

Source: Journal of the Neurological Sciences - September 1, 2020 Category: Neurology Authors: Aditya Bhat, Gary C.H. Gan, David Makarious, Elizabeth Tan, Henry H.L. Chen, Nigel Wolfe, Lina Lee, Camelia Burdusel, Maria Carmo P. Nunes, Clara K. Chow, Timothy C. Tan Source Type: research