A score to predict early risk of recurrence after ischemic stroke.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is currently no instrument to stratify patients presenting with ischemic stroke according to early risk of recurrent stroke. We sought to develop a comprehensive prognostic score to predict 90-day risk of recurrent stroke.

Methods

We analyzed data on 1,458 consecutive ischemic stroke patients using a Cox regression model with time to recurrent stroke as the response and clinical and imaging features typically available to physician at admission as covariates. The 90-day risk of recurrent stroke was calculated by summing up the number of independent predictors weighted by their corresponding beta-coefficients. The resultant score was called recurrence risk estimator at 90 days or RRE-90 score (available at: http://www.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/RRE-90/).

Results<

SUBMITTER: Ay H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2809031 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature