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10.1515/prolas-2015-0029
Title: | Problems of Cardioembolic Stroke Primary and Secondary Prevention in the Latvian Population |
Authors: | Jurjans, Kristaps Sabelnikova, Santa Miglane, Evija Lurina, Baiba Kalejs, Oskars Millers, Andrejs Priede, Zanda Rīga Stradiņš University Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery |
Keywords: | atrial fibrillation;cardioembolic stroke;primary stroke prevention;secondary stroke prevention;3.2 Clinical medicine;1.1. Scientific article indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database;General |
Issue Date: | 1-Sep-2015 |
Citation: | Jurjans , K , Sabelnikova , S , Miglane , E , Lurina , B , Kalejs , O , Millers , A & Priede , Z 2015 , ' Problems of Cardioembolic Stroke Primary and Secondary Prevention in the Latvian Population ' , Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, Section B: Natural, Exact, and Applied Sciences , vol. 69 , no. 5 , pp. 199-204 . https://doi.org/10.1515/prolas-2015-0029 |
Abstract: | Atrial fibrillation is one of major risk factors of cerebral infarction. The use of oral anticoagulants is the only evidence-based method of reducing the risk of cardioembolic accidents. The guidelines of oral anticoagulant admission and usage have been available since 2012. The results of this study show that of 550 stroke patients that were admitted to Pauls Stradiņš Clinical University Hospital, Riga, Latvia, from 1 January 2014 until 1 July 2014, atrial fibrillation was diagnosed in 247 (45%) cases, and of these patients, only 8.5% used oral anticoagulants before the onset of stroke. Six months after discharge of 111 (44.9%) stroke survivors, five (4.5%) used no secondary prevention medication, 27 (24.3%) used antiplatelet agents, 54 (48.6%) warfarin, and 25 (22.5%) used target specific oral anticoagulants (TSOACs). The mortality rate was significantly higher in the patient group that used no secondary prevention medication or antiplatelet agents compared to the patient group that used oral anticoagulants. The use of oral anticoagulants for primary stroke prevention in Latvia is insufficient. The mortality of cardioembolic stroke in 180 days is very high-40.4%. Secondary prevention is essential to prevent recurrent cardioembolic accidents. |
Description: | Publisher Copyright: © 2015 by Kristaps Jurjns. |
DOI: | 10.1515/prolas-2015-0029 |
ISSN: | 1407-009X |
Appears in Collections: | Research outputs from Pure / Zinātniskās darbības rezultāti no ZDIS Pure |
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