Functional outcome prediction of ischemic stroke patients with atrial fibrillation accepting post-acute care training.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ischemic stroke poses a major threat to human health and represents the third leading cause of death worldwide and in Taiwan. Post-acute care (PAC) training has been reported to be beneficial for post-index stroke events. However, knowledge is still lacking on the outcome of stroke events with cardiac origin. The focus of the current study is to investigate the effectiveness of PAC in this subgroup of patients as well as identify key baseline pointers that are capable of early prediction of patients' physical recovery. In addition, the authors hypothesize that the routinely arranged non-invasive carotid duplex that evaluates the characteristics of the carotid lumen could play a significant role in providing an early outcome prediction.

Methods

For the current rese

SUBMITTER: Liu SY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9539964 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature