Publications by authors named "Michaela Volna"
Background: There are few contemporary epidemiological data on stroke for Central Europe. We performed a population-based study evaluating the incidence of stroke, stroke types, and ischemic stroke (IS) subtypes in Brno, the second biggest city in the Czech Republic (CR).
Methods: Using the National Registry of Hospitalized Patients, and hospital databases, we identified all patients hospitalized with a stroke diagnosis in Brno hospitals in 2011.
Risk Factors in Ischemic Stroke Subtypes: A Community-Based Study in Brno, Czech Republic.
J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis
February 2020
Background: It is not known if risk factors differ between ischemic stroke (IS) subtypes in Central and Eastern Europe.
Aims: We performed a community-based analysis of risk factors in patients admitted with IS over a 1 year period in Brno, the second largest city in the Czech Republic (CR).
Methods: Based on the National Register of Hospitalized Patients, all patients with IS admitted in Brno in 2011 were identified.