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Retrospecting atrial fibrillation and stroke severity: impact onset time of acute ischemic stroke
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Department of Neurology, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing 210008, P. R. China
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Department of Rehabitlitation, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing 210008, P. R. China
*Correspondence: luoyun@njglyyy.com (Yun Luo)
J. Integr. Neurosci. 2019, 18(2), 187–191;
https://doi.org/10.31083/j.jin.2019.02.113
Submitted: 7 January 2019 | Accepted: 7 May 2019 | Published: 30 June 2019
Copyright: © 2019 Luo and Li Published by IMR press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
Abstract
Irrespective of the duration of the therapeutic window, the prognosis for acute ischemic stroke is closely correlated with the time of treatment initiation. Time from symptom onset to hospital arrival, defined as the onset time, is the determining parameter. Besides the prehospital transport, whether relative factors of illness may have an impact on stroke onset time is uncertain, which were invested in this study through statistical analyses. Results show that relative factors of illness, such as history of atrial fibrillation and stroke severity, impact stroke onset time.
Keywords
Acute ischemic stroke
onset time
atrial fibrillation
vascular risk factors
statistical analyses
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