作者
Yahia Z Imam, Saadat Kamran, Naveed Akhtar, Dirk Deleu, Rajvir Singh, Rayaz A Malik, MS Abdelmoneim, Pablo Bermejo, Paula Bourke, Deborah Morgan, Mark Santos, Sujatha Joseph, Ashfaq Shuaib
发表日期
2020/1
期刊
International Journal of Stroke
卷号
15
期号
1
页码范围
85-89
出版商
SAGE Publications
简介
Background
Atrial fibrillation is an important risk factor for stroke but there are limited data on atrial fibrillation-related stroke from the Middle East.
Methods
We interrogated the Qatar Stroke Database to establish the occurrence, clinical features, and outcomes of atrial fibrillation-related stroke at Hamad General Hospital, the sole provider of acute stroke care in Qatar.
Results
A total of 4079 patients (81.4% male, mean age 55.4 ± 13.3 years) were enrolled in the stroke database between January 2014 and 21 October 2017. Atrial fibrillation was present in 260 (6.4%) patients, of whom 106 (2.6%) had newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation. The National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) was significantly higher (7.9 + 7.0 (median 6; IQR 11) vs. 5.9 + 6.4 (median 4; IQR 6), P < 0.001) in atrial fibrillation patients. The modified Rankin Score (mRS) (P < 0.001) and mortality at 90-day follow-up (P = 0.002) were …
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