title: [Atherosclerosis-related stroke: risk factors, location, outcome].
abstract: We compared the characteristics of 1114 patients with first stroke caused by atherosclerosis with characteristics of 2159 patients with stroke due to other etiology. Stroke due to atherosclerosis with stenosis more often than stroke due to atherosclerosis unthout stenosis and stroke due to other etiology occurred in the caroted territory (respectively 66.9%, 55.2% and 61.7%, p < 0.001) and border-zone (respectively 7.2%, 0.5% and 1.1%, p < 0.001). Stroke due to atheroscerosis unthout stenosis more often than strokes caused by other etiologies occurred in the vertebrobasilar territory (respectively 40.1%, 20.2% and 29%, p < 0.001). The proportion of patients with death or major disability was greater in the group atherosclerosis with stenosis (18%) than in the group atherosclerosis without stenosis (9.4%, p < 0.001).
authors.affiliation: Vilniaus universiteto Neuroangiochirurgijos klinika, Siltnamiu 29, 2043 Vilnius.
authors.forename: Virginija
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gaigalaite
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000150:complications*; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000401:mortality; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000150:complications; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects; D020521:Stroke / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014711:Vertebral Artery