Publications by authors named "Caroline Figueiredo da Silva"
Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is an important cause of cardioembolic stroke, and population aging has increased its prevalence.
Objective: To evaluate the incidence of cardioembolic stroke caused by AF in the city of Joinville, Brazil, as well as previous diagnoses and use of medication.
Methods: Between 2017 and 2020 we extracted data from the population-based Joinville Stroke Registry.
Background: Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an acute monophasic immune-mediated polyradiculoneuropathy, preceded by gastrointestinal or respiratory infections in up to two-thirds of patients. On rare occasions, people develop GBS after vaccination, but no causal association has been proven. In the current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, some cases have been reported associating COVID-19 vaccine with GBS.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between genetic variants in candidate genes and clinical severity and prognosis (recurrence) of ischemic stroke (IS) in a Brazilian population.
Methods: This was a retrospective study based on clinical and demographic data retrieved from the JOINVASC cohort-Epidemiological Study on Cerebrovascular Diseases in Joinville and on respective DNA samples available at the Joinville Stroke Biobank, over the period 2010-2015. Four hundred and thirty-five subjects were included.