TY - JOUR
T1 - Stroke in rural Ecuador
T2 - A three-phase, door-to-door survey
AU - Del Brutto, Oscar H.
AU - Idrovo, L.
AU - Mosquera, A.
AU - Navas, C.
AU - Santibáñez, R.
AU - Cuesta, F.
AU - Díaz-Calderón, E.
PY - 2004/11/23
Y1 - 2004/11/23
N2 - The authors carried out a three-phase door-to-door survey in Atahualpa, Ecuador to assess epidemiologic and pathogenetic mechanisms of stroke. They found 10 stroke patients among 1,568 individuals aged ≥15 years (crude prevalence, 638 per 100,000). There was only one incident case (incidence, 64 per 100,000). Six of the 10 patients had hypertensive arteriolopathy (five with ischemic and one with hemorrhagic stroke). Additional work is needed to increase knowledge on stroke in developing countries.
AB - The authors carried out a three-phase door-to-door survey in Atahualpa, Ecuador to assess epidemiologic and pathogenetic mechanisms of stroke. They found 10 stroke patients among 1,568 individuals aged ≥15 years (crude prevalence, 638 per 100,000). There was only one incident case (incidence, 64 per 100,000). Six of the 10 patients had hypertensive arteriolopathy (five with ischemic and one with hemorrhagic stroke). Additional work is needed to increase knowledge on stroke in developing countries.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/8844262625
U2 - 10.1212/01.WNL.0000145293.04832.78
DO - 10.1212/01.WNL.0000145293.04832.78
M3 - Artículo
C2 - 15557530
AN - SCOPUS:8844262625
SN - 0028-3878
VL - 63
SP - 1974
EP - 1975
JO - Neurology
JF - Neurology
IS - 10
ER -