title: Stroke etiology among Haitians living in Miami.
abstract: The black Caribbean population continues to grow in the US and little is known about stroke etiologies in that community. We examined stroke subtypes in 175 consecutive Haitian-born patients living in Miami, admitted for acute stroke. Ischemic stroke was diagnosed in 72%. Small vessel occlusion was the most frequent stroke subtype. There was a high prevalence of hypertension, medication noncompliance and intracranial atherosclerosis. Hypertension was the only cardiovascular risk factor significantly associated with small vessel infarction when compared with non-small vessel infarcts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Miami School of Medicine, 1150 NW 14th Street, Suite 304, Miami, FL 33136, USA. skoch@med.miami.edu
authors.forename: Sebastian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koch
authors.forename: Diego
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pabon
authors.forename: Alejandro A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Rabinstein
authors.forename: Julio
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chirinos
authors.forename: Jose G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Romano
authors.forename: Alejandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Forteza
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D044383:Black People; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005431:Florida / Q000453:epidemiology; D006205:Haiti / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D020521:Stroke / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D001741:Black or African American