Impact of interankle blood pressure difference on major adverse cardiovascular events in cryptogenic stroke patients without peripheral artery disease: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We investigated whether interankle blood pressure difference (IAND) can predict major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) in patients with cryptogenic stroke (CS) without peripheral artery disease (PAD).

Design

A retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Retrospective medical record data of patients with first-ever acute cerebral infarction who were admitted between 1 January 2007 and 31 July 2013.

Participants

CS patients admitted within 7 days of symptom onset were included.

Outcome measures

MACEs were defined as stroke recurrence, myocardial infarction occurrence, or death. Survival analyses were conducted using the Kaplan-Meier method and Cox regression analysis.

Methods

Consecutive CS patients without PAD who underwent ankle-brachial in

SUBMITTER: Han M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8867330 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature