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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