Recurrence in intracranial atherosclerotic disease: a stenosis-based analysis
| Autor: | Cristina Machado, Luís Miguel Cunha, Ana Gouveia, Gustavo Cordeiro, Fernando das Graças Braga da Silva, João Sargento-Freitas, Joana Penetra |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Cervical Artery Kaplan-Meier Estimate Asymptomatic Cohort Studies Recurrence Risk Factors Estenose Carotídea medicine Humans Carotid Stenosis Stroke Survival analysis Computed tomography angiography Aged Ultrasonography Aged 80 and over medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Rehabilitation Atherosclerotic disease Angiography Middle Aged medicine.disease Intracranial Arteriosclerosis Stenosis Ischemic Attack Transient Acidente Isquémico Transitório Acidente Vascular Cerebral Surgery Female Neurology (clinical) Radiology medicine.symptom Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Follow-Up Studies |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND: Intracranial atherosclerotic disease is a common cause of stroke; its incidence and prevalence vary widely by ethnicity. The aim of our study was to analyze the recurrence rate of cerebrovascular events in patients with symptomatic and asymptomatic intracranial stenosis (IS). METHODS: We conducted a historical cohort study including all patients admitted in our hospital for stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) during 2011 and 2012 with information on intracranial circulation (ultrasonography and/or computed tomography angiography). We identified patients with symptomatic and asymptomatic IS and studied the recurrence of cerebrovascular events (TIA or ischemic stroke within the territory of the stenosis) for a minimum follow-up period of 6 months after the diagnosis of IS. For the recurrence rate estimation, patients with other potentially embolic diseases (in cervical arteries or heart) were excluded. We calculated the rate of recurrence of cerebrovascular events and performed Kaplan-Meier survival curves for symptomatic and asymptomatic IS. RESULTS: We investigated 1302 patients, mean age was 72.41 years (standard deviation 12.75). We identified 218 IS in 158 patients, 77 were symptomatic and 141 were asymptomatic. The recurrence rate of cerebrovascular events was 12.32 per 100 patient-years, with a mean time to recurrence of 1.73 months for symptomatic intracranial stenosis (SIS) and .88 per 100 patient-years for asymptomatic IS (P < .001). CONCLUSIONS: These results indicate a high risk of early recurrence of stroke in the territory of a SIS, highlighting the importance of its early diagnosis and aggressive treatment. info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion |
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