LILACS – Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencias de la Salud

Embolic stroke of undetermined source (ESUS) cohort of Brazilian patients in a university hospital

Modolo, Gabriel Pinheiro; Souza, Juli Thomaz De; Winckler, Fernanda Cristina; Ferreira, Natalia Cristina; Lange, Marcos Cristiano; Avelar, Wagner Mauad; Minicucci, Marcos Ferreira; Freitas, Carlos Clayton Macedo de; Azevedo, Paula Schmidt; Luvizutto, Gustavo José; Zornoff, Leonardo Antônio Mamede; Bazan, Silméia Garcia Zanati; Bazan, Rodrigo.

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 77 (5), 2019

ABSTRACT Embolic stroke of undetermined source (ESUS) is an important group of cryptogenic strokes that are in evidence due recent ongoing trials. We reviewed medical records at discharge from the stroke unit of all patients who met ESUS criteria and attended our institution between February 2016 and Jul...

Brasil/epidemiología, Hospitales Universitarios/estadística & datos numéricos, Embolia Intracraneal/epidemiología, Admisión del Paciente/estadística & datos numéricos, Alta del Paciente/estadística & datos numéricos, Prevalencia, Sistema de Registros, Estudios Retrospectivos, Factores de Riesgo, Estadísticas no Paramétricas, Accidente Cerebrovascular/epidemiología

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Incidence and functional outcome of atrial fibrillation and non-atrial fibrillation- related cardioembolic stroke in Joinville, Brazil: a population-based study

ABSTRACT Among ischemic strokes, cardioembolic (CE) stroke has the worst outcome. We measured the incidence of atrial fibrillation (AF) and non-AF related CE strokes, previous anticoagulant use, and the 90-day functional outcome. Using multiple overlapping sources, we included all CE strokes that occurre...