Arboix A. Cardiovascular risk factors for acute stroke: Risk profiles in the different subtypes of ischemic stroke. World J Clin Cases 2015; 3(5): 418-429 [PMID: 25984516 DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v3.i5.418]
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Adrià Arboix, MD, PhD, Unit of Cerebrovascular Division, Service of Neurology, Hospital Universitari del Sagrat Cor, University of Barcelona, C/Viladomat 288, E-08029 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. aarboix@hscor.com
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World J Clin Cases. May 16, 2015; 3(5): 418-429 Published online May 16, 2015. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v3.i5.418
Cardiovascular risk factors for acute stroke: Risk profiles in the different subtypes of ischemic stroke
Adrià Arboix
Adrià Arboix, Unit of Cerebrovascular Diseases, Service of Neurology, Hospital Universitari del Sagrat Cor, University of Barcelona, E-08029 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Author contributions: Arboix A designed the research, performed the PubMed bibliographic research, analyzed data and wrote the paper.
Conflict-of-interest: None to be declared.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Correspondence to: Adrià Arboix, MD, PhD, Unit of Cerebrovascular Division, Service of Neurology, Hospital Universitari del Sagrat Cor, University of Barcelona, C/Viladomat 288, E-08029 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. aarboix@hscor.com
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Received: August 6, 2014 Peer-review started: August 12, 2014 First decision: September 16, 2014 Revised: January 14, 2015 Accepted: February 10, 2015 Article in press: February 12, 2015 Published online: May 16, 2015
Core Tip
Core tip: Prevention of acute stroke by controlling cardiovascular risk factors is a health care priority worldwide for a number of reasons, particularly due to the increasing occurrence of acute cardiovascular events in progressively older segments of the population, the high morbidity and mortality of some stroke subtypes and the economic burden associated to care of acute stroke patients. The frequency of the different cardiovascular risk factors is not equal for all subjects diagnosed of first-ever stroke. For this reason, it is necessary to know the most common profiles of vascular risk factors associated with each individual type of stroke in order to improve primary and secondary stroke prevention strategies. The role of new risk factors, such as sleep-disordered breathing or complex atheromatosis of the aortic arch merits further investigation.
