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Analysis of 363 Consecutive Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke from the Hanbang Stroke Registry

Journal of Korean Medicine / Journal of Korean Medicine, (P)1010-0695; (E)2288-3339
2007, v.28 no.1, pp.35-41








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Abstract

Objectives: To gain better insights on the characteristics of stroke patients admitted to oriental medical hospitals, we analyzed the data of 363 consecutive patients with acute ischemic stroke from Hanbang Stroke Registry supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of Korea. Methods: Subjects' enrollment was in the oriental medical hospitals of 3 universities located in the metropolitan region from October 2005 to October 2006. We assessed the subjects' general characteristics, risk factors, and etiology of stroke. Each patient's TOAST classification type was confirmed by two independent specialists. Those were small vessel occlusion (SVO), large artery atherosclerosis (LAA), cardioembolism (CE), stroke with other determined etiology (SOE), and stroke with undetermined etiology (SUE). Results: The distribution of the subjects' general characteristics and risk factors for stroke were similar with results from previous reports. However, in the TOAST classification, SVO was the major type occupying 78.5% in the total subjects, which is the highest share compared with other research with similar methods. These results imply that patients with more severe symptoms rarely visit oriental medical hospitals. Conclusion: Assuming that this research will continue adding patient's data continuously, this work will help us to understand the features of stroke patients at oriental medical hospitals, and contribute to expansion of the Korean Hanbang Stroke Data Bank.

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Hanbang stroke registry, TOAST, Oriental medical hospital, Hanbang stroke registry, TOAST, Oriental medical hospital


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