Research Article
Predicting Acute Ischaemic Stroke Outcome Using Clinical and Temporal Thresholds
Table 1
Baseline characteristics.
| | Medical history | |
| | Hypertension | 55.8% | | Cigarette smoking | 32.5% | | Cardiac dysrhythmia | 27.9% | | Permanent atrial fibrillation | 17.5% | | Paroxystic atrial fibrillation | 6.7% | | Alcohol use | 24% | | Hyperlipidemia | 20.1% | | Previous stroke/TIA | 15.6% | | Arteritis | 14.3% | | Diabetes mellitus | 14.3% | | Heart failure | 13% | | Coronary insufficiency | 12.2% | | Angina pectoris | 6.4% | | Myocardial infarction | 5.8% |
| | Infarct territory | |
| | Total MCA infarction | 28 (18.5%) | | Total superficial MCA infarction | 3 (2%) | | Partial superficial MCA infarction | 30 (19.9%) | | Deep MCA infarction | 23 (15.2%) | | ACA infarction | 2 (1.3%) | | Anterior circulation TIA | 26 (17.3%) | | Localised brain stem infarction | 11 (7.3%) | | Diffuse brain stem infarction | 2 (1.3%) | | Thalamic Infarction | 6 (4%) | | PCA Infarction | 4 (2.6%) | | Cerebellar infarction | 11 (7.3%) | | Posterior circulation TIA | 10 (6.6%) |
| | Etiology | |
| | Atherothrombotic Stroke | | | Large artery stenosis >50% | 23 (15.3%) | | Large artery stenosis <50% | 33 (22%) | | Microangiopathy | 3 (2%) | | Cardioembolism | 37 (24.7%) | | Miscellaneous | 4 (2.7%) | | Arterial Dissection | 1 (0.7%) | | Arteritis | 1 (0.7%) | | Hemopathy/Coagulopathy | 3 (2%) | | Other | 1 (0.7%) | | Unknown | 48 (31.2%) |
| | Modified Rankin score at discharge | |
| | 0-1 | 73 (47.4%) | | 2 | 27 (17.5%) | | 3 | 10 (6.5%) | | 4 | 15 (9.7%) | | 5 | 12 (7.8%) | | Death | 17 (11%) |
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