Incidence, clinical features and outcomes of atrial fibrillation and stroke in Qatar
| Autor: | Rajvir Singh, Paula Bourke, Deborah Morgan, Dirk Deleu, Ashfaq Shuaib, Pablo Garcia Bermejo, Mark Santos, Naveed Akhtar, Yahia Imam, Saadat Kamran, Rayaz A. Malik, Mohamed S. Abdelmoneim, Sujatha Joseph |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Fibrillation medicine.medical_specialty Databases Factual business.industry Incidence Incidence (epidemiology) Atrial fibrillation Comorbidity Middle Aged medicine.disease Stroke Neurology Internal medicine Atrial Fibrillation medicine Cardiology Humans Female cardiovascular diseases Risk factor medicine.symptom business Qatar |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Stroke. 15:85-89 |
| ISSN: | 1747-4949 1747-4930 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1747493019830577 |
| Popis: | Background Atrial fibrillation is an important risk factor for stroke but there are limited data on atrial fibrillation-related stroke from the Middle East. Methods We interrogated the Qatar Stroke Database to establish the occurrence, clinical features, and outcomes of atrial fibrillation-related stroke at Hamad General Hospital, the sole provider of acute stroke care in Qatar. Results A total of 4079 patients (81.4% male, mean age 55.4 ± 13.3 years) were enrolled in the stroke database between January 2014 and 21 October 2017. Atrial fibrillation was present in 260 (6.4%) patients, of whom 106 (2.6%) had newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation. The National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) was significantly higher (7.9 + 7.0 (median 6; IQR 11) vs. 5.9 + 6.4 (median 4; IQR 6), P Conclusion We demonstrate a low rate of atrial fibrillation and stroke in Qatar, perhaps reflecting the relatively young age of these patients. Atrial fibrillation-related strokes had higher admission NIHSS, greater disability, and higher mortality at 90 days when compared to non-atrial fibrillation strokes. |
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