Recurrent Vascular Events Associated with Cerebrovascular Etiology

Atherosclerotic stroke or transient ischemic attack was associated with the highest risk for vascular events within 5 years compared with other underlying stroke etiologies.

Common risk factors such as hypertension and diabetes are known to contribute to ischemic stroke and to be associated with different stroke subtypes. However, we do not know the extent to which stroke subtypes overlap and how subtypes are associated with later vascular events.

To address these issues, investigators conducted a prospective, international registry cohort study of 3847 patients (mean age, 66 years; 60% men) who suffered a minor ischemic stroke or a transient ischemic attack (TIA) within 7 days of enrollment and then completed 5 years of follow-up. The authors used the ASCOD (atherosclerosis, small vessel disease, cardiac pathology, other cause, or dissection) grading system to classify the underlying etiologies of the events. T…

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Seemant Chaturvedi, MD

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Consultant/Advisory BoardBayer Pharmaceuticals; Novartis

Grant/Research SupportNational Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Editorial BoardsNeurology; Stroke

Seemant Chaturvedi, MD

Disclosures

Consultant/Advisory BoardBayer Pharmaceuticals; Novartis

Grant/Research SupportNational Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Editorial BoardsNeurology; Stroke

Recurrent Vascular Events Associated with Cerebrovascular Etiology

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