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Long-Term Prognosis of Ischemic Stroke in Young Adults

There is limited information about long-term prognosis of ischemic stroke in young adults. Giving the potentially negative impact in physical, social, and emotional aspects of an ischemic stroke in young people, providing early accurate long-term prognostic information is very important in this clin...

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Autor principal: Varona, Jose F.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE-Hindawi Access to Research 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3010699/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21197408
http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/879817
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description There is limited information about long-term prognosis of ischemic stroke in young adults. Giving the potentially negative impact in physical, social, and emotional aspects of an ischemic stroke in young people, providing early accurate long-term prognostic information is very important in this clinical setting. Moreover, detection of factors associated with bad outcomes (death, recurrence, moderate-to-severe disability) help physicians in optimizing secondary prevention strategies. The present paper reviews the most relevant published information concerning long-term prognosis and predictors of unfavorable outcomes of ischemic stroke affecting young adults. As a summary, we can conclude that, in the long term, stroke in the young adult increases slightly the risk of mortality, implies higher risk of future cardiovascular events, and determines functional limitations in a significant percentage of patients. Nevertheless, in every individual case the prognosis has to be considered depending on several factors (stroke subtype, initial severity, cardiovascular risk factors) that determine the long-term outcomes.
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spelling pubmed-30106992010-12-30 Long-Term Prognosis of Ischemic Stroke in Young Adults Varona, Jose F. Stroke Res Treat Review Article There is limited information about long-term prognosis of ischemic stroke in young adults. Giving the potentially negative impact in physical, social, and emotional aspects of an ischemic stroke in young people, providing early accurate long-term prognostic information is very important in this clinical setting. Moreover, detection of factors associated with bad outcomes (death, recurrence, moderate-to-severe disability) help physicians in optimizing secondary prevention strategies. The present paper reviews the most relevant published information concerning long-term prognosis and predictors of unfavorable outcomes of ischemic stroke affecting young adults. As a summary, we can conclude that, in the long term, stroke in the young adult increases slightly the risk of mortality, implies higher risk of future cardiovascular events, and determines functional limitations in a significant percentage of patients. Nevertheless, in every individual case the prognosis has to be considered depending on several factors (stroke subtype, initial severity, cardiovascular risk factors) that determine the long-term outcomes. SAGE-Hindawi Access to Research 2010-12-20 /pmc/articles/PMC3010699/ /pubmed/21197408 http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/879817 Text en Copyright © 2011 Jose F. Varona. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Long-Term Prognosis of Ischemic Stroke in Young Adults
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3010699/
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