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ArticlePloS one2015

Validation of the RRE-90 Scale to Predict Stroke Risk after Transient Symptoms with Infarction: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Bo Song, Lulu Pei, Hui Fang, Lu Zhao, Yuan Gao, Yuanyuan Wang, Song Tan, Yuming Xu

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Article in PloS one, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Bo SongDepartment of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China.
Lulu PeiDepartment of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China.
Hui FangDepartment of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China.
Lu ZhaoDepartment of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China.
Yuan GaoDepartment of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China.
Yuanyuan WangDepartment of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China.
Song TanDepartment of Neurology, the Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China.
Yuming XuDepartment of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China.
First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University · CNFourth People's Hospital of Sichuan Province · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

background and purposeThe risk of stroke after a transient ischemic attack (TIA) for patients with a positive diffusion-weighted image (DWI), i.e., transient symptoms with infarction (TSI), is much higher than for those with a negative DWI. The aim of this study was to validate the predictive value of a web-based recurrence risk estimator (RRE; http://www.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/RRE/) of TSI.

methodsData from the prospective hospital-based TIA database of the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University were analyzed. The RRE and ABCD2 scores were calculated within 7 days of symptom onset. The predictive outcome was ischemic stroke occurrence at 90 days. The receiver-operating characteristics curves were plotted, and the predictive value of the two models was assessed by computing the C statistics.

resultsA total of 221 eligible patients were prospectively enrolled, of whom 46 (20.81%) experienced a stroke within 90 days. The 90-day stroke risk in high-risk TSI patients (RRE ≥4) was 3.406-fold greater than in those at low risk (P <0.001). The C statistic of RRE (0.681; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.592-0.771) was statistically higher than that of ABCD2 score (0.546; 95% CI, 0.454-0.638; Z = 2.115; P = 0.0344) at 90 days.

conclusionThe RRE score had a higher predictive value than the ABCD2 score for assessing the 90-day risk of stroke after TSI.

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AgedArea Under CurveCohort StudiesDatabases, FactualFemaleHumansIschemic Attack, TransientKaplan-Meier EstimateMaleMiddle AgedMyocardial InfarctionPredictive Value of TestsProportional Hazards ModelsProspective StudiesRisk FactorsROC Curve

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PMCPMC4579076
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