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The follow-up of patients of sixty-five years of age and younger with acute ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attacks, and elevated D-dimer levels in plasma
D-dimer levels in plasma, a degradation product of fibrin, have been shown to correlate with the severity of ischemic stroke. In order to investigate the outcome of patients with elevated D-dimer we have carried out a follow-up study of patients of 65 years of age and younger with acute ischemic str...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3093219/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21577348 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/ni.2009.e11 |
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description | D-dimer levels in plasma, a degradation product of fibrin, have been shown to correlate with the severity of ischemic stroke. In order to investigate the outcome of patients with elevated D-dimer we have carried out a follow-up study of patients of 65 years of age and younger with acute ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attacks (TIA) admitted to our stroke unit from 1991 to 1992. Twenty-two of the 57 patients had elevated D-dimer levels in the plasma. High levels were associated with cardioembolic stroke. On follow-up after a mean of 12 years, 15 patients had died and six patients had suffered another stroke or TIA (three of whom were dead). Ten patients had suffered other cardiovascular events and seven of them were dead. We concluded that high levels of D-dimer in acute ischemic stroke patients on admission were associated with cardioembolic stroke and might have prognostic value for the development of further cardioor cerebrovascular events. Advanced age was found to be an independent risk factor. |
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spelling | pubmed-30932192011-05-16 The follow-up of patients of sixty-five years of age and younger with acute ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attacks, and elevated D-dimer levels in plasma Vrethem, Magnus Lindahl, Tomas Neurol Int Article D-dimer levels in plasma, a degradation product of fibrin, have been shown to correlate with the severity of ischemic stroke. In order to investigate the outcome of patients with elevated D-dimer we have carried out a follow-up study of patients of 65 years of age and younger with acute ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attacks (TIA) admitted to our stroke unit from 1991 to 1992. Twenty-two of the 57 patients had elevated D-dimer levels in the plasma. High levels were associated with cardioembolic stroke. On follow-up after a mean of 12 years, 15 patients had died and six patients had suffered another stroke or TIA (three of whom were dead). Ten patients had suffered other cardiovascular events and seven of them were dead. We concluded that high levels of D-dimer in acute ischemic stroke patients on admission were associated with cardioembolic stroke and might have prognostic value for the development of further cardioor cerebrovascular events. Advanced age was found to be an independent risk factor. PAGEPress Publications 2009-11-16 /pmc/articles/PMC3093219/ /pubmed/21577348 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/ni.2009.e11 Text en ©Copyright M. Vrethem and T. Lindahl 2009 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (by-nc 3.0). Licensee PAGEPress, Italy |
spellingShingle | Article Vrethem, Magnus Lindahl, Tomas The follow-up of patients of sixty-five years of age and younger with acute ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attacks, and elevated D-dimer levels in plasma |
title | The follow-up of patients of sixty-five years of age and younger with acute ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attacks, and elevated D-dimer levels in plasma |
title_full | The follow-up of patients of sixty-five years of age and younger with acute ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attacks, and elevated D-dimer levels in plasma |
title_fullStr | The follow-up of patients of sixty-five years of age and younger with acute ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attacks, and elevated D-dimer levels in plasma |
title_full_unstemmed | The follow-up of patients of sixty-five years of age and younger with acute ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attacks, and elevated D-dimer levels in plasma |
title_short | The follow-up of patients of sixty-five years of age and younger with acute ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attacks, and elevated D-dimer levels in plasma |
title_sort | follow-up of patients of sixty-five years of age and younger with acute ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attacks, and elevated d-dimer levels in plasma |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3093219/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21577348 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/ni.2009.e11 |
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