INCIDENCE OF ISCHEMIC STROKE SUBTYPES AMONG THE POPULATION OF THE COUNTY OF SIBIU: A PROSPECTIVE STUDY
Abstract:
Ischemic stroke is a heterogeneous disease, with different subtypes, each of them presenting specific etiopathogenic aspects. Purpose: The study of different ischemic stroke subtypes according to TOAST and Bamford/Oxfordshire classifications among the population of the county of Sibiu. Methods: In a prospective study, 430 patients with ischemic stroke hospitalized between January and December 2009 in Sibiu Neurology Department were evaluated. They were divided into stroke subtypes according to TOAST and Bamford/Oxfordshire classifications. Results: All 430 patients with ischemic stroke (average age 64,67 years old) were divided according to TOAST criteria as follows: 136 (31,63%) LAA, 48 (11,16%) CE, 107 (24,88%) SAA, 6 (1,4%) OE and 133 (30,93%) UE. According to Bamford/Oxfordshire classification, the distribution of the patients was as follows: 25 (5,81%) TACI, 199 (46,28%) PACI, 121 (28,14%) LACI and 85 (19,77%) POCI. Conclusions: The incidence of ischemic stroke subtypes according to both classifications overlap the values reported in the literature, except for the undetermined etiology TOAST subtype and TACI and PACI Bamford – Oxfordshire subtypes, whose incidence were higher than all published data.
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