1. Predictive factors of outcome and stroke recurrence in patients with unilateral atherosclerosis-related internal carotid artery occlusion
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Kuan-Hsing Chen, Wen-Yi Huang, Chia-Lun Wu, Tsung-I Peng, Yu-Yi Chien, and Wei-Chieh Weng
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Carotid Artery Diseases ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Anemia ,Functional Laterality ,Predictive Value of Tests ,Recurrence ,Risk Factors ,Internal medicine ,medicine.artery ,Occlusion ,medicine ,Humans ,cardiovascular diseases ,Prospective Studies ,Prospective cohort study ,Stroke ,Survival analysis ,Aged ,Chi-Square Distribution ,business.industry ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Intracranial Arteriosclerosis ,Survival Analysis ,Surgery ,Cerebral Angiography ,Treatment Outcome ,Neurology ,Predictive value of tests ,Cardiology ,Female ,Neurology (clinical) ,Internal carotid artery ,business ,Tomography, X-Ray Computed ,Chi-squared distribution - Abstract
Background: Clinical outcome of internal carotid artery (ICA) occlusion is highly variable and the reason is uncertain. Aim: To study the predictive factors of clinical outcome and stroke recurrence in patients with ischemic stroke associated with unilateral atherosclerosis-related ICA occlusion. Settings and Design: Prospective study in neurology department of a single hospital. Materials and Methods: We prospectively studied 66 patients who suffered from first-ever ischemic stroke associated with unilateral atherosclerosis-related ICA occlusion over a period of two years. The end point was death or stroke recurrence. Statistical Analysis: Chi-square or Fisher's exact test was used to analyze predictors of early functional outcome. Multivariate analysis was used to analyze predictors of death or stroke recurrence within two years. Result: Higher age (³70 years) predicted a worse functional outcome ( P = 0.049). Total anterior circulation syndrome (TACS) was associated with a poor functional outcome ( P < 0.001), but lacunar syndrome had a better outcome ( P = 0.001). Stroke in evolution predicted a poor outcome ( P = 0.001), while those with symptom improvement had a better outcome ( P = 0.016). Pneumonia predicted a poor outcome ( P = 0.021). Five patients expired and 22 patients suffered from recurrent stroke in the following 24 months. Previous transient ischemic attack (TIA) and anemia were associated with a higher risk of death or recurrent stroke within two years ( P = 0.036, P = 0.012). Conclusion: High age, TACS, stroke in evolution and pneumonia were predictors for poor functional outcome. Previous TIA and anemia were predictors for death and recurrent stroke within two years.
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- 2008