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Prevalence of stroke survival in rural communities living in northern Peru
(Public Library of Science, 2021)
Background and purpose Stroke is the leading cause of neurological impairment in the South American Andean region. However, the epidemiology of stroke in the region has been poorly characterized. Methods We conducted a ...
Stroke prevalence in a poor neighbourhood of Sao Paulo, Brazil: applying a stroke symptom questionnaire
(WILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INCNEW YORK, 2011)
Background Brazil has one of the highest stroke mortality rates in the world, these rates are most endemic in the poor. We verified the prevalence of stroke in a deprived neighbourhood in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil and ...
Trends in the burden of stroke in Mexico: A national and subnational analysis of the global burden of disease 1990–2019
(Elsevier, 2022)
Background: Scarce epidemiological information on stroke in Mexico impedes evidence-based decisions and debilitates the design of effective prevention programmes at the local level. Methods: Ecological and secondary analysis ...
Update on the global burden of ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke in 1990-2013: The GBD 2013 study
(S. Karger AG, 2015)
© 2015 S. Karger AG, Basel. Background: Global stroke epidemiology is changing rapidly. Although age-standardized rates of stroke mortality have decreased worldwide in the past 2 decades, the absolute numbers of people who ...
Stroke in Latin America: Systematic review of incidence, prevalence, and case-fatality in 1997–2021
(2022)
Background: Stroke is a major global cause of death and disability. Most strokes occur in populations of low-middle-income country (LMIC); therefore, the subsequent disease burden is greater than in populations of high-income ...
Embolic stroke of undetermined source (ESUS) cohort of Brazilian patients in a university hospitalCoorte Brasileira de pacientes com AVC embólico de fonte indeterminada (ESUS) em um hospital universitário
(2019-05-01)
Embolic stroke of undetermined source (ESUS) is an important group of cryptogenic strokes that are in evidence due recent ongoing trials. We reviewed medical records at discharge from the stroke unit of all patients who ...
Prevalence and incidence of stroke in Latin America and the Caribbean: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
(Springer Nature, 2023)
Stroke is a recurrent and well-known cardiovascular event and a leading cause of death worldwide. We identified reliable epidemiological evidence of stroke in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and estimated the ...
Unveiling the Burden of Miscoding and Misclassification in Stroke Mortality: Analysis of Multiple Cause-of-Death Data in Mexico.
(Karger, 2023)
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of risk factors for cerebrovascular diseases in Mexico is increasing although stroke mortality declined from 1990 to 2010, without meaningful changes afterward. While improving access to adequate ...