Incidence, event rates, and early outcome of stroke in Dublin, Ireland: The north dublin population stroke study

Stroke

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2042-2047

  Kelly, Peter J ^a   Crispino, Gloria ^b   Sheehan, Orla ^a   Kelly, Lisa ^a   Marnane, Michael ^a   Merwick, Aine ^a   Hannon, Niamh ^a   Ní Chróinín, Danielle ^a   Callaly, Elizabeth ^a   Harris, Dawn ^a   Horgan, Gillian ^a   Williams, Emma B ^a   Duggan, Joseph ^a   Kyne, Lorraine ^a   McCormack, Patricia ^a   Dolan, Eamon ^d   Williams, David ^c   Moroney, Joan ^a,c   Kelleher, Cecily ^b   Daly, Leslie ^b  

^a MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^d Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland   (Ireland)

Author keywords

acute stroke; cerebrovascular disease; epidemiology; health policy; outcomes

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOME; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; IRELAND; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84864194903     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.645721     Document Type: Article

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