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ArticleBMJ open2022

Major cardiovascular events in patients presenting with acute stroke: a 5-year follow-up study in patients who had ischaemic stroke and stroke mimics.

Salman Al Jerdi, Naveed Akhtar, Ziyad Mahfoud, Saadat Kamran, Ashfaq Shuaib

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Article in BMJ open, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Salman Al JerdiDepartment of Neurology, Weill Cornell Medicine - Qatar, Doha, Qatar.ORCID 0000-0003-3495-0365
Naveed AkhtarNeuroscience Institute, Hamad Medical Corp, Doha, Qatar.
Ziyad MahfoudDepartment of Medical Education, Weill Cornell Medicine - Qatar, Doha, Qatar.
Saadat KamranNeuroscience Institute, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Ad Dawhah, Qatar.
Ashfaq ShuaibFaculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada ashfaq.shuaib@ualberta.ca.ORCID 0000-0002-3380-7068
Hamad Medical Corporation · QAWeill Cornell Medical College in Qatar · QAUniversity of Alberta · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThe long-term acute stroke outcome has not been well studied in the Middle-Eastern population. The primary objective of our study is to compare the long-term outcome of acute ischaemic stroke (IS) with/without previous cerebrovascular/cardiovascular disease (CVD) to stroke mimics (SM) with CVD. SETTINGS AND

participantsThe Qatar stroke database was reviewed for IS and SM admissions in Qatari Nationals between 2013 and 2019. OUTCOMES: Patients were prospectively assessed for development of recurrent stroke, myocardial infarction or death. Frequency of major cardiovascular events (MACEs) were compared between patients with or without a previous CVD.

resultsThere were 1114 stroke admissions (633 IS (prior CVD 211/18.9%), 481 SM (prior CVD 159/14.3%)). Patients with IS/CVD were significantly older versus others (IS/CVD: 68.3±12.2; IS/no CVD: 63.3±14.4; SM/CVD: 67.6±13.1; SM/no CVD: 52.4±17.9. p<0.0001). Vascular risk factors were significantly higher in patients with IS and SM with previous CVD. Functional recovery (90-day mRS 0-2) was significantly better in SM/no CVD (IS/CVD: 55.0%; IS/no CVD: 64.2%; SM/CVD 59.7%; SM/no CVD: 88.8%. p<0.001). MACE occurred in 36% (76/211) IS/CVD, 24.9% (105/422) IS/no CVD, 22.0% (35/179) SM/CVD and only 6.8% (22/322) SM/no CVD. MACE occurred mostly during the first year of follow-up. Mortality 90 days was significantly higher in IS/CVD (IS/CVD 36%; IS/no CVD 24.9%; SM/CVD: 22%; SM/no CVD: 6.8%. p<0.0001).

conclusionsPrior CVD significantly increases the risk of MACE and early mortality in IS or SM patients. Age, male gender, obesity, atrial fibrillation and admission National Institute of Health Stroke Scale also increases risk of MACE during follow-up. Hence, aggressive vascular risk factor modification is needed even in patients with SM.

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Brain IschemiaCerebrovascular DisordersIschemic StrokeMyocardial InfarctionStrokeFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleRisk Factorscardiologyischaemic heart diseasemyocardial infarctionstroke

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