Etiology of first-ever ischaemic stroke in European young adults: The 15 cities young stroke study

N Yesilot Barlas; J Putaala; U Waje-Andreassen; S Vassilopoulou; K Nardi; C Odier; G Hofgart; S Engelter; A Burow; L Mihalka; M Kloss; J Ferrari; R Lemmens; O Coban; E Haapaniemi; N Maaijwee; L Rutten-Jacobs; A Bersano; C Cereda; P Baron; L Borellini; C Valcarenghi; L Thomassen; AJ Grau; F Palm; C Urbanek; R Tuncay; A Durukan Tolvanen; EJ van Dijk; FE de Leeuw; V Thijs; S Greisenegger; K Vemmos; C Lichy; D Bereczki; L Csiba; P Michel; D Leys; K Spengos; H Naess; T Tatlisumak; SZ Bahar

Journal article

Etiology of first-ever ischaemic stroke in European young adults: The 15 cities young stroke study

N Yesilot Barlas, J Putaala, U Waje-Andreassen, S Vassilopoulou, K Nardi, C Odier, G Hofgart, S Engelter, A Burow, L Mihalka, M Kloss, J Ferrari, R Lemmens, O Coban, E Haapaniemi, N Maaijwee, L Rutten-Jacobs, A Bersano, C Cereda, P Baron Show all

European Journal of Neurology | Published : 2013

DOI: 10.1111/ene.12228

Abstract

Background and purpose: Risk factors for IS in young adults differ between genders and evolve with age, but data on the age- and gender-specific differences by stroke etiology are scare. These features were compared based on individual patient data from 15 European stroke centers. Methods: Stroke etiology was reported in detail for 3331 patients aged 15-49 years with first-ever IS according to Trial of Org in Acute Stroke Treatment (TOAST) criteria: large-artery atherosclerosis (LAA), cardioembolism (CE), small-vessel occlusion (SVO), other determined etiology, or undetermined etiology. CE was categorized into low- and high-risk sources. Other determined group was divided into dissection and..

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University of Melbourne Researchers

Vincent Thijs Author

Grants

Awarded by Helsinki University Central Hospital Research Funds

Funding Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Helsinki University Central Hospital Research Funds (grant number TKK2011003 to J. Putaala; TKK2011110 to T. Tatlisumak); the Finnish Brain Foundation (to J. Putaala); the Finnish Medical Foundation (to J. Putaala and E. Haapaniemi); Maire Taponen's Foundation (to J. Putaala and E. Haapaniemi); the Western Norway Health (Helse-Vest; to U. Waje-Andreassen and H. Naess); FWO Flanders (to V. Thijs and R. Lemmens), the European Neurological Society (to K. Nardi), and the Groupe Lillois de Recherche en Pathologie Vasculaire (to K. Nardi).