Concomitant coronary artery disease among Asian ischaemic stroke patients
Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore
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: 573-575, 2008.
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ABSTRACT
<p><b>INTRODUCTION</b>Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of death following ischaemic stroke. We aimed to study the prevalence and associations of concomitant CAD among ischaemic stroke patients in Singapore.</p><p><b>MATERIALS AND METHODS</b>We prospectively studied 2686 consecutive Asian ischaemic stroke patients.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>CAD was prevalent among 24% of the study patients. Older age, hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidaemia, atrial fibrillation, large stroke and South Asian ethnicity were independently associated with CAD.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>The variables found to be associated with CAD are known atherosclerotic risk factors (older age, hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidaemia) or associations of cardioembolic stroke (atrial fibrillation, large stroke). The over-representation of South Asians with concomitant CAD is consistent with the high burden of CAD in this ethnic group.</p>
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Asunto principal:
Singapur
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Factores de Tiempo
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Enfermedad de la Arteria Coronaria
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Isquemia Encefálica
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Epidemiología
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Prevalencia
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Tasa de Supervivencia
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Estudios Prospectivos
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Análisis de Regresión
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Factores de Riesgo
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio diagnóstico
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Estudio de etiología
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Estudio observacional
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Estudio de prevalencia
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Factores de riesgo
Límite:
Anciano
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Femenino
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Humanos
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Masculino
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore
Año:
2008
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
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