title: Lacunar stroke in patients with intermittent claudication.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the characteristics of lacunar stroke (LS) in patients with and without intermittent claudication.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data of 484 consecutive patients with LS were collected from a prospective hospital-based stroke registry in which 2500 patients are included.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 142 patients with ischemic stroke and intermittent claudication, 39 (27.5%) had LS (8% of all lacunes). In the multivariate analysis, small centrum ovale topography (odds ratio 7.35), carotid stenosis >50% (odds ratio 3.17), and absence of limitation at discharge (odds ratio 2.01) were independent variables significantly associated with LS in patients with intermittent claudication.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Only 8% of patients with LS had intermittent claudication. The short-term prognosis is good with a spontaneous early neurological recovery at discharge in 51.3% of patients. LS patients with intermittent claudication showed a striking similarity in risk factors and clinical syndromes in comparison with the LS patients without intermittent claudication.
authors.affiliation: Cerebrovascular Division, Department of Neurology, Hospital del Sagrat Cor, Barcelona, Spain. aarboix@hscor.com
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arboix
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: García-Eroles
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Massons
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oliveres
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Comes
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Targa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D020520:Brain Infarction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006761:Hospitals / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007383:Intermittent Claudication / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012042:Registries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012307:Risk Factors; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*