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ReviewJournal of cardiovascular development and disease2024

Emerging Stroke Risk Factors: A Focus on Infectious and Environmental Determinants.

Sajid Hameed, Nurose Karim, Mohammad Wasay, Narayanaswamy Venketasubramanian

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Review in Journal of cardiovascular development and disease, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
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  3. Stroke, infections, and New Mechanisms: a Narrative Review.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2025
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  4. Article
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  6. Stroke in High-Altitude Areas.Brain and behavior · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Sajid HameedDepartment of Neurology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4757-9393
Nurose KarimDepartment of Neurology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27834, USA.
Mohammad WasayDepartment of Neurology, Aga Khan University, Karachi 74800, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0003-3750-2613
Narayanaswamy VenketasubramanianRaffles Hospital, Singapore 188770, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0003-3593-6362
Aga Khan University · PKEast Carolina University · USRaffles Institution · SGUniversity of Virginia · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This review focuses on emerging risk factors for stroke, including air pollution and climate change, gut microbiota, high altitude, and systemic infection. Up to 14% of all stroke-associated mortality is attributed to air pollution and is more pronounced in developing countries. Fine particulate matter and other air pollutants contribute to an increased stroke risk, and this risk appears to increase with higher levels and duration of exposure. Short term air pollution exposure has also been reported to increase the stroke risk. The gut microbiota is a complex ecosystem of bacteria and other microorganisms that reside in the digestive system and affect multiple body systems. Disruptions in the gut microbiota may contribute to stroke development, possibly by promoting inflammation and atherosclerosis. High altitudes have been associated with erythrocytosis and cerebrovascular sinus thrombosis, but several studies have reported an increased risk of thrombosis and ischemic stroke at high altitudes, typically above 3000 m. Systemic infection, particularly infections caused by viruses and bacteria, can also increase the risk of stroke. The risk seems to be greatest in the days to weeks following the infection, and the pathophysiology is complex. All these emerging risk factors are modifiable, and interventions to address them could potentially reduce stroke incidence.

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air pollutiongut microbiotahigh altituderisk factorsstrokesystemic infection

Identifiers

PMID38248889
PMCPMC10816862
OpenAlexW4390752428

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