Cardiac complications after stroke: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: INTRODUCTION:Stroke is the second most common cause of death after ischaemic heart diseases and the third leading cause of disability worldwide. The contribution of cardiac complications to the mortality of patients with stroke is variable across studies, ranging from 12.5% to 22.7%. Many of these cardiac complications are preventable, and early recognition and adequate management guided by appropriate up-to-date knowledge of their relative incidence and fatality can help to improve patients' outcomes. This systematic review aims to summarise the available data on the burden of cardiac complications after stroke. METHODS AND ANALYSIS:This review will include all cross-sectional, case-control and cohort studies and clinical trials published between 1 January 1950 and 31 December 2017, invol

SUBMITTER: Kenmogne-Domning GH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5988104 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature