... fibrillation (AF) and all-cause mortality. We applied a propensity score matching with variables such as age, sex, presence of hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, and the Charlson Comorbidity Index. Subsequently, time-dependent Cox regression analyses were performed to assess the association between RBBB...

...Philip Y. Sun; Kendra Lian; Daniela Markovic; Abdullah Ibish; Roland Faigle; Rebecca Fran Gottesman; Amytis Towfighi Introduction: Stroke mortality has declined, with differential changes by race; stroke is now the 5th leading cause of death overall, but 2nd leading cause of death in Black...

...) Part III on mortality and functional outcome. The secondary objective was to evaluate the association of motor impairment with small vessel disease (SVD) severity. Methods: We derived data from a Japanese cohort of patients with evidence of SVD who were enrolled from 2015 to 2019, and followed until...

..., secondary prevention prescribing, and mortality outcomes in a well-characterised cohort of first-ever stroke patients in Scotland. Methods: This is a retrospective, population-based, data-linkage study of stroke admissions to acute care hospitals in Scotland between January 1, 2011, and December 31, 2018...

...Liting Yang; Jian Han; Chenghui Qin; Weiqing Shou Introduction: The aim of the study was to provide updated evidence on the sex-based differences in the risk of mortality and functional outcomes in subjects with intracerebral haemorrhage. Methods: A systematic search of eligible studies...

..., it is essential to analyze the trend of the mortality of stroke and its epidemic characteristic of stroke death. Methods: Death cases of stroke were reported to the national death registry system by the medical staff of all medical institutions, and the population data every year were obtained from District...

...Meeriam Kadicheeni; Jatinder S. Minhas; Briana Coles; Shazia T. Hussain; Kamlesh Khunti; Thompson G. Robinson; David J. Eveson; Amit K. Mistri Introduction: Studies indicate a 13–27% mortality rate following a transient ischaemic attack (TIA). However, outcomes following TIA/minor stroke since...

...-sensitive cardiac troponin is a predictor of mortality and vascular events. Therefore, we aimed to explore the prognostic role of high-sensitive cardiac troponin I (hs-TnI) on mortality and cardiovascular outcomes in patients after ischemic stroke. Methods: From August 2014 to July 2017, 1,506 patients...

..., and comorbidities attenuated sex differences in poststroke functional outcomes [ 5, 6 ], whereas others found worse functional outcomes in women even after adjusting for these factors [ 7‒10 ]. Sex differences Functional outcome Mortality Ischemic stroke Observational study Age is known as a major...

... months, and 12 months after ischemic stroke, with potential confounders adjusted. Results: A total of 8,006 first-ever ischemic stroke patients, with the age of 61.7 ± 11.5, were included in this study. The mortality of 0–33%, 34–66%, 67–90%, and 91–100% groups at 12 months follow-up was 0.9%, 2.2%, 4.4...

... introduced since 2012. This study aims to examine the association between stroke quality assessments and mortality within 30 days among South Korean adults who underwent hemorrhagic stroke surgeries to provide evidence of the importance of such assessments. Methods: Data from 45,741 patients from 374...

...–1.30) than those without. The impact of COPD on mortality was highest at day 93 (hazard ratio [HR] 1.73, 95% CI: 1.60–1.87) and nonsignificant at day 965 of follow-up (HR 1.08, 95% CI: 1.00–1.16). Conclusions: COPD was associated with respiratory, cardiac, renal, and infectious complications...

...Tomas Bryndziar; Dominika Matyskova; Petra Sedova; Silvie Belaskova; Miroslav Zvolsky; Josef Bednarik; Robert D. Brown; Robert Mikulik Background and Objective: Short- and long-term mortality following ischemic stroke (IS) and their predictors have not been defined in the Czech population...

... to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Albuminuria changes Albumin-to-creatinine ratio Stroke Prognosis Mortality Albuminuria, as an important marker of kidney injury, is a strong independent predictor...

...Qi Liu; Xianwei Wang; Yilong Wang; Chunxue Wang; Xingquan Zhao; Liping Liu; Zixiao Li; Xia Meng; Li Guo; Yongjun Wang Background and Purpose: Existing studies on the association between hemoglobin values and stroke outcomes mostly focus on the lower side and mortality, often the only and primary...

...Julia Velz; Marian Christoph Neidert; Yang Yang; Kevin Akeret; Peter Nakaji; Luca Regli; Oliver Bozinov Objective: Brainstem cavernous malformations (BSCM)-associated mortality has been reported up to 20% in patients managed conservatively, whereas postoperative mortality rates range from 0 to 1.9...

...-associated strokes are more severe with worse outcomes for patients, but further studies are needed to confirm these findings. The aim of this study was to determine the association between COVID-19 and mortality for patients with ischaemic stroke in a large multicentre study. Methods: A retrospective cohort...

... on the inclusion criteria. Mortality at 90 days was set as the primary end point, and in-hospital mortality and length of hospital stay were set as the secondary end points. We conducted the data synthesis and analyzed the outcomes by calculating the odds ratio (OR) and mean difference. Results: Of 835 studies, 15...

... eligible patients, the therapeutic strategy and in-hospital hemorrhagic complications were proportionally identical whatever the sex. The total ischemic time from onset symptom to thrombolysis did not differ from women to men. Age-adjusted 3-month mortality did not differ between women and men...

... Serena Background: In-hospital stroke death rate is an important sanitary issue. Despite advances in the acute phase management of stroke patients, mortality and disability rates remain high. In aging populations and with different mortality between the sexes in general, the study of sex- and age-related...