South Asian patients with ischemic stroke - Intracranial large arteries are the predominant site of disease

作者：De Silva Deidre A^*; Woon Fung Peng; Lee Moi Pin; Chen Christopher P L H; Chang Hui Meng; Wong Meng Cheong

来源：Stroke, 2007, 38(9): 2592-2594.

DOI：10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.484584

• hypertension
• inflammation
• intracranial
• ischemic stroke
• South Asian

Background and Purpose - South Asians are the most prevalent ethnic group in the world. Intracranial disease is the most common vascular lesion worldwide.
Methods - We prospectively studied 200 consecutive ethnic South Asian patients with acute ischemic stroke in Singapore.
Results - Intracranial large-artery disease was prevalent among 54% of all stroke subtypes and was independently associated with hypertension and higher serum erythrocyte sedimentation rate.
Conclusions - Among ethnic South Asian patients with ischemic stroke, intracranial large arteries are the predominant site of disease.

• 出版日期2007-9