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Blood Pressure Control among Stroke Patients in Thailand—The i-STROKE Study
Background: Direct correlation between stroke mortality and hypertension calls for a tight blood pressure (BP) control. Our study determined the prevalence of the BP control and evaluated current clinical practices on hypertension management in stroke patients in Thailand.Methods: This multicenter, cross-sectional, retrospective, observational study was carried out between February 2010 and January 2011 and enrolled stroke patients aged 45 years or older with ictus incidence 12,030 days before the enrollment. The events were confirmed by either computerized tomography scan or magnetic resonance imaging. Patient data incl...
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - June 24, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Samart Nidhinandana, Disya Ratanakorn, Nijasri Charnnarong, Sombat Muengtaweepongsa, Somchai Towanabut, i-STROKE Investigators Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Cause-specific Mortality after Stroke: Relation to Age, Sex, Stroke Severity, and Risk Factors in a 10-Year Follow-up Study
We investigated cause-specific mortality in relation to age, sex, stroke severity, and cardiovascular risk factor profile in the Copenhagen Stroke Study cohort with 10 years of follow-up. In a Copenhagen community, all patients admitted to the hospital with stroke during 1992-1993 (n = 988) were registered on admission. Evaluation included stroke severity, computed tomography scan, and a cardiovascular risk profile. Cause of death within 10 years according to death certificate information was classified as stroke, heart/arterial disease, or nonvascular disease. Competing-risks analyses were performed by cause-specific Co...
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - May 14, 2012 Category: Neurology Authors: Ulla Brasch Mogensen, Tom Skyhøj Olsen, Klaus Kaae Andersen, Thomas Alexander Gerds Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Predictors of Acute Stroke Mimics in 8187 Patients Referred to a Stroke Service
Conclusions: One third of the patients seen by a stroke team over 10 years had a stroke mimic. Factors associated with a stroke mimic may be ascertained by an emergency physician before calling the stroke team.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - May 15, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: José G. Merino, Marie Luby, Richard T. Benson, Lisa A. Davis, Amie W. Hsia, Lawrence L. Latour, John K. Lynch, Steven Warach Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Disparities in Stroke Type and Vascular Risk Factors Between 2 Hispanic Populations in Miami and Mexico City
Conclusions: We found significant differences in the frequency of hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, and atrial fibrillation in Miami Hispanics and Mexican stroke patients, highlighting the heterogeneity of the Hispanic ethnic group. Future studies are needed to clarify the relative contribution of genetic and environmental disparities amongst Mexican and Caribbean Hispanic stroke patients.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - July 2, 2012 Category: Neurology Authors: Jose G. Romano, Antonio Arauz, Sebastian Koch, Chuanhui Dong, Juan M. Marquez, Carol Artigas, Marlon Merlos, Bernardo Hernandez, Luis F. Roa, Tatjana Rundek, Ralph L. Sacco Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Prevalence and Risk Factors for Stroke in an Adult Population in a Rural Community in the Niger Delta, South-South Nigeria
This study aimed to determine the prevalence of stroke in a rural population in the Niger Delta region in south–south Nigeria and to describe known risk factors for stroke among them. A door-to-door stroke prevalence study was conducted in 2008 among randomly selected adults of 18 years or older in rural Kegbara-Dere community in Rivers State, south–south Nigeria. We administered a modified screening tool by the World Health Organization, a stroke-specific questionnaire, and conducted a physical/neurological examination (on persons screening positive) in 3 stages of assessments. The crude prevalence of stroke was 8.51...
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - May 30, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Arthur C. Onwuchekwa, Charles Tobin-West, Seye Babatunde Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Hypertensive Patients Using Thiazide Diuretics as Primary Stroke Prevention Make Better Functional Outcome after Ischemic Stroke
Conclusion: Hypertensive patients treated with thiazides long term had a lesser severity of stroke and better functional outcomes after ischemic stroke.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - September 1, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Hong-Mo Shih, Wei Chun Lin, Cheng-Hsien Wang, Leng-Chieh Lin Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Primary Prophylactic Aspirin Use and Incident Stroke: Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke Study
Conclusions: In this observational study, prophylactic aspirin use was not associated with risk of first stroke, and there were no sex, race, or regional differences.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - April 8, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Stephen P. Glasser, Martha K. Hovater, Daniel T. Lackland, Mary Cushman, George Howard, Virginia J. Howard Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Incidence and Cost of Stroke and Hemorrhage in Patients Diagnosed with Atrial Fibrillation in France
Conclusions: The incidence and cost of hospitalization for hemorrhage should be considered in the global burden of AF. These data should be useful for pharmacoeconomic evaluation of new oral anticoagulant medications. Such real-world studies may be relevant for monitoring mid- to long-term morbidity and mortality in the AF population.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - October 10, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: François-Emery Cotté, Gwendoline Chaize, Isabelle Kachaner, Anne-Françoise Gaudin, Alexandre Vainchtock, Isabelle Durand-Zaleski Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Awareness of Risk Factors and Warning Signs of Stroke in a Nigeria University
This study assessed awareness of stroke risk factors and warning signs among students and staff of Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria.Methods: This was a cross sectional survey involving 994 (500 students and 494 staff) respondents. Information on the awareness of stroke risk factors and warning signs was collected with the aid of a structured questionnaire. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used for data analysis.Results: Weakness (66.2%) was the most commonly identified warning sign of stroke with more staff (69.8%) identifying correctly than students (62.6%). Hypertension (83.4%) was the most commonly identif...
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - August 1, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Adebimpe O. Obembe, Matthew O. Olaogun, Adesola A. Bamikole, Morenikeji A. Komolafe, Marufat O. Odetunde Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Risk of Metabolic Syndrome for Stroke Is Not Greater than the Sum of its Components: Thai Epidemiologic Stroke (TES) Study
This study aimed to assess the association of MetS with stroke, and to evaluate whether the risk of MetS is greater than the sum of its components. The Thai Epidemiologic Stroke (TES) study is a community-based cohort study with 19,997 participants, aged 45-80 years, recruited from the general population from 5 regions of Thailand. Baseline survey data were analyzed in cross-sectional analyses. MetS was defined according to criteria from the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Adult Treatment Panel III, the American Heart Association/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (revised NCEP), and International Diab...
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - June 29, 2012 Category: Neurology Authors: Suchat Hanchaiphiboolkul, Nijasri Charnnarong Suwanwela, Niphon Poungvarin, Samart Nidhinandana, Pimchanok Puthkhao, Somchai Towanabut, Tasanee Tantirittisak, Jithanorm Suwantamee, Maiyadhaj Samsen Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Frequency and Determinants of Intracranial Atherosclerotic Stroke in Urban Pakistan
Conclusions: ICAD accounted for one fifth of all strokes making it the most common ischemic stroke mechanism. In addition to aggressive risk factor control, data also indicated broader holistic efforts on ameliorating inequity, unemployment, and stress reduction to reduce stroke because of ICAD.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - August 4, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Ayeesha K. Kamal, Asif Rasheed, Khalid Mehmood, Muhammad Murtaza, Moazzam Zaidi, Maria Khan, Nabi Shah, Maria Samuel, Bilal Ahmed, Emmon Raza, Naveeduddin Ahmed, Jamal Ara, Tasnim Ahsan, Syed M. Munir, Shoukat Ali, Karim U. Maki, Muhammad M. Ahmed, Abdul Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Clinical Features and Functional Outcome of Stroke After Transient Ischemic Attack
Conclusions: Atherothrombotic stroke with concomitant vascular risk factors were more frequent in the stroke patients with than without previous TIA. Antithrombotic therapy was conducted only in one-third of the patients even after TIA. The stroke patients with history of TIA were at great risk of disabling stroke.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - October 17, 2011 Category: Neurology Authors: Takao Hoshino, Satoko Mizuno, Satoru Shimizu, Shinichiro Uchiyama Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Glycosylated Hemoglobin for Diagnosis of Prediabetes in Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients
Background: Prediabetes (PD) is an independent risk factor for stroke. The American Diabetes Association (ADA) has recently published new guidelines recommending glycosylated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) as a marker to diagnose diabetes and PD. Diagnosis of diabetes Mellitus (DM) is often made at the time of hospitalization for stroke. Less is known about identifying PD in acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients. We aim to investigate the frequency of new-onset PD in the hospitalized AIS patients using the new ADA guidelines.Methods: We retrospectively studied 362 AIS patients from our local database. Stroke risk factors, type of s...
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - July 19, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Branko N. Huisa, Gulmohor Roy, Jorge Kawano, Ronald Schrader Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Metformin-inclusive Therapy Reduces the Risk of Stroke in Patients with Diabetes: A 4-Year Follow-up Study
Metformin is a kind of oral hypoglycemic agents commonly prescribed to patients with diabetes mellitus. Although past studies had proven its protective effect on cardiovascular risk and related mortality, the evidence of metformin on stroke prevention was still insufficient and conflicting. Our study randomly selected 14,856 patients with diabetes from the database provided by the Taiwan National Health Research Institute, and 2 cohorts were formulated according to whether metformin was in the prescription record. All cases were followed up for 4 years to track their stroke incidence. As a result, 701 (17.5%) of 3999 diabe...
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - October 11, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Yuan-Yang Cheng, Hsin-Bang Leu, Tzeng-Ji Chen, Chen-Ling Chen, Chia-Hua Kuo, Shin-Da Lee, Chung-Lan Kao Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Metabolic Syndrome Associated with Ischemic Stroke among the Mexican Hispanic Population in the El Paso/US–Mexico Border Region
In this report, data were collected in the El Paso/US–Mexico border region, where 82% of the population is Mexican Hispanic, through a retrospective study of ischemic stroke from 2005-2010. Odds ratios (ORs), 95% confidence intervals, logistic regression, and multivariate analysis of the ORs adjusted for other variables, were used to analyze the effects of various risk factors on ischemic stroke. The metabolic syndrome and its components, specifically hypertension, diabetes, and dyslipidemia appeared to be strongly associated with ischemic stroke in the Mexican Hispanic population. Mexican Hispanic ischemic stroke patien...
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - February 19, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Michael F. Osborn, Charles C. Miller, Ahmed Badr, Jun Zhang Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
