ArticleFunctional neurology
A retrospective analysis of 254 acute stroke cases admitted to two university hospitals in Beirut: classification and associated factors.
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- Description of the Risk Factors for Ischemic Stroke in the Lebanese Population: Their Association with Age at First Stroke Incidence and the Predictors of Recurrence.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Functional Outcomes of Stroke Survivors after Physiotherapy Rehabilitation Program at a Tertiary University Teaching Hospital in Rwanda.Rwanda journal of medicine and health sciences · 2023Article
- Impact of Preexisting Alcohol Use Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, and Schizophrenia on Ischemic Stroke Risk and Severity: A Lebanese Case-Control Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Evaluation of stroke pre-hospital management in Lebanon from symptoms onset to hospital arrival and impact on patients' status at discharge: a pilot study.BMC neurology · 2022Article
- Demographic characteristics and types of stroke in Southwestern Saudi Arabia, and the potential demand of neuro endovascular specialists.Neurosciences (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) · 2021Article
- Psychological Complications at 3 Months Following Stroke: Prevalence and Correlates Among Stroke Survivors in Lebanon.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
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Abstract
Lebanon is a developing country where the prevalence of stroke subtypes and their correlation with risk factors have not been studied, even though stroke management is an ongoing major national healthcare challenge. In a retrospective study conducted in two university hospitals, data were collected on all stroke cases admitted in 2012 and 2013. Ischemic strokes were then classified according to a modified TOAST classification. A total of 254 inpatients (mean age 68.41 years ±13.34, 55.1% males) was included in the study; of these, 15% had had a hemorrhagic stroke and was therefore excluded. Conversely to findings from studies in other Arab and Asian countries, where small vessel disease is the most frequent subtype, our study showed a predominance of large artery atherosclerosis (53.5%) which, in comparison with other subtypes, was found to be associated with dyslipidemia (OR= 3.82, 95% CI= [1.76-8.28]; p=0.001). Cardioembolic stroke and small vessel disease were found to be positively associated with aging and living in Beirut, respectively. Larger studies are needed to explain these findings.
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