Stroke in the very elderly: Characteristics and outcome in patients aged ≥85 years with a first-ever ischemic stroke on behalf of the NASIS investigators

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-62

  Gur, A Y ^a   Tanne, D ^b,c   Bornstein, N M ^c   Milo, R ^a   Auriel, E ^c   Shopin, L ^c   Koton, S ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aging; Elderly; Epidemiology of stroke; Mortality; Outcome; Registry; Risk factors for stroke; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STROKE PATIENT; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84863535671     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: 14230208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000339362     Document Type: Article

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