Sex-related differences of acute stroke unit care: Results from the austrian stroke unit registry

Stroke

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1632-1638

  Gattringer, Thomas ^a   Ferrari, Julia ^b   Knoflach, Michael ^c   Seyfang, Leonhard ^d   Horner, Susanna ^a   Niederkorn, Kurt ^a   Culea, Valeriu ^a   Beitzke, Markus ^a   Lang, Wilfried ^b   Enzinger, Christian ^a   Fazekas, Franz ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b KRANKENHAUS DER BARMHERZIGEN BRÜDER   (Austria)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^d DANUBE UNIVERSITY KREMS   (Austria)

Author keywords

ischemic attack, transient; ischemic stroke; sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROIMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANKIN SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE UNIT; TIME TO TREATMENT; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; ISCHEMIC STROKE; SEX;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STROKE;

EID: 84901937389     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.004897     Document Type: Article

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