Decreased Severity of Brain Infarct Can in Part Explain the Decreasing Case Fatality Rate of Stroke | Zendy

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Decreased Severity of Brain Infarct Can in Part Explain the Decreasing Case Fatality Rate of Stroke

Author(s) -

Heikki Numminen,

Markku Kaste,

Kari Aho,

O. Waltimo,

Mervi Kotila

Publication year - 2000

Publication title -

stroke

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1524-4628

pISSN - 0039-2499

DOI - 10.1161/01.str.31.3.651

Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , case fatality rate , brain infarction , cardiology , intracerebral hemorrhage , emergency medicine , epidemiology , subarachnoid hemorrhage , ischemia , mechanical engineering , engineering

Case fatality rates for stroke has declined in most Western industrialized countries during recent decades. One possible explanation for this is a decrease in the severity of stroke symptoms. We therefore sought evidence for a change in stroke severity and its relationship with case fatality rates.

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