Melkas et al identified a number of factors associated with a poor long-term survival following a stroke. The authors are from the University of Tampere in Finland.
Patient selection: acute stroke
Risk factors associated with a poor long-term survival:
(1) cognitive decline prior to the stroke
(2) cognitive impairment and/or dementia after the stroke
(3) advanced age
(4) severe stroke with poor Rankin score (severe disability after the stroke)
(5) history of smoking
(6) cardiac failure
(7) atrial fibrillation
where:
• Advanced age was arbitrarily set to > 75 years in the implementation.
Dementia, advanced age and poor Rankin score were associated with death from a brain-related cause.
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