Adelaide stroke incidence study: Declining stroke rates but many preventable cardioembolic strokes

Stroke

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1226-1231

  Leyden, James M ^a   Kleinig, Timothy J ^b   Newbury, Jonathan ^c   Castle, Sally ^a   Cranefield, Jennifer ^a   Anderson, Craig S ^d   Crotty, Maria ^e   Whitford, Deirdre ^c   Jannes, Jim ^a   Lee, Andrew ^f   Greenhill, Jennene ^g  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Royal Adelaide   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d George Institute   (Australia)

^e REPATRIATION GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^g FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

acute cerebral hemorrhage; acute cerebral infarction; acute stroke syndromes; epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOEMBOLIC STROKE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84876874314     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.675140     Document Type: Article

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