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QUESTION: In patients who have had a first ischaemic stroke, are short term and long term functional outcomes, mortality rates, and recurrence rates different for subtypes of stroke (large vessel cervical or intracranial atherosclerosis with stenosis, cardioembolic, lacunar, and unknown cause)?
Design
Inception cohort followed for up to 5 years (mean 3.2 y).
Setting
A community study in Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Patients
454 patients with a first ischaemic stroke from 1985 to 1989. {Mean patient age was 72 years for atherosclerotic stroke, 80 for cardioembolic stroke, 73 for lacunar stroke, and 76 for stroke of unknown cause. Women had 32% of the atherosclerotic strokes, 67% of the cardioembolic strokes, 57% of the lacunar strokes, and 67% of the strokes …