Risk factors profile and clinical outcome of ischemic stroke patients admitted in a Department of Internal Medicine and classified by TOAST classification

International Angiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 261-267

  Pinto, A ^a   Tuttolomondo, A ^a   Di Raimondo, D ^a   Fernandez, P ^a   Licata, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular accident; Classification, cerebrovascular accident; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY SEVERITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PROGNOSIS; RANKIN SCALE; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTERNAL MEDICINE; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; STROKE;

EID: 33749350759     PISSN: 03929590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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