Differential Characteristics of Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke in Patients with Cerebral Small Vessel Disease.

Background: Small vessel disease (SVD) is the underlying anatomical substrate for both lacunar infarction and subcortical hemorrhage.

Aim: To assess predictive factors of ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke in patients with cerebral SVD.

Materials And Methods: Prospective hospital-based stroke registry ("The Sagrat Cor Hospital of Barcelona Stroke Registry") in an acute-care teaching hospital in Barcelona, Spain.

Importance of cardiovascular risk profile for in-hospital mortality due to cerebral infarction.

Introduction And Objectives: To investigate cardiovascular risk profiles and their prognostic implications in patients with different subtypes of cerebral infarction.

Methods: The study involved the retrospective analysis of data from a hospital stroke registry on 2704 consecutive CI patients who were admitted between 1986 and 2004. Of the 2704 strokes recorded, 770 were classified as thrombotic, 763 as cardioembolic, 733 as lacunar, 324 as undetermined and 114 as atypical.

Clinical study of lacunar infarcts in non-hypertensive patients.

Lacunar infarcts in non-hypertensive patients have been scantly assessed. The objective of this study was to determine clinical features of lacunar infarct in patients without hypertension (n = 91) in comparison with characteristics of lacunar infarcts occurring in patients with hypertension (n = 283) collected from a prospective hospital-based stroke registry in which 2000 patients with acute stroke are included. Predictors of lacunar infarct in patients without hypertension were assessed by multiple logistic regression analysis.

[The estimated incidence and case fatality rate of ischemic and hemorrhagic cerebrovascular disease in 2002 in Catalonia].

Introduction And Objectives: The aim of this study was to obtain an estimate of the incidence of cerebrovascular disease (CVD) in the Spanish population in 2002.

Methods: The study involved data on patients aged over 24 years for the year 2002 contained in both the death register and the Minimum Basic Data Set from 65 of the 84 Catalan general hospitals (i.e.

Ischemic stroke in patients with intermittent claudication: a clinical study of 142 cases.

The clinical features, risk factors, neuroimaging findings, and outcome of acute ischemic stroke were assessed in patients with intermittent claudication. Data from 142 patients with ischemic stroke and intermittent claudication were collected from a prospective hospital-based stroke registry in which 2500 consecutive acute stroke patients attended over a 12-year period. Ischemic stroke in patients with intermittent claudication accounted for 7.

Predicting spontaneous early neurological recovery after acute ischemic stroke.

We assessed predictors of spontaneous early neurological recovery after acute ischemic stroke by means of multivariate analysis in a cohort of 1,473 consecutive patients treated at one academic center. At hospital discharge, spontaneous neurological improvement or good outcome was defined as grades 0-2 of the Rankin scale, and poor outcome (no improvement or in-hospital death) as grades 3-5. Spontaneous recovery of neurological deficit at the time of discharge from the hospital was observed in 16% of patients with cerebral infarction (n = 238).

Clinical features and functional outcome of intracerebral hemorrhage in patients aged 85 and older.

Objectives: The importance of studies of older stroke victims is growing because of the changes in the age structure of Western populations. We determined demographic characteristics, clinical features, neuroimaging data, and outcome of acute spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage occurring in people aged 85 and older.

Design: Prospective collection of data from a hospital-based registry.