title: Outcomes in patients with ischemic cerebrovascular disease.
abstract: An analysis was conducted to determine at discharge the outcomes associated with risk factors in 246 patients with ischemic cerebrovascular disease who were admitted within 48 hours after the onset of the disease. Statistical analysis in this study disclosed that atrial fibrillation was a significant risk factor contributing to the worse outcomes among the subtypes of the ischemic cerebrovascular disease.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Neurosurgery and Surgery, Yokokura Hospital, 394 Takada-machi, Miike-gun 839-0295, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ishibashi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yokokura
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000150:complications; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors