Impact of Completeness of Ascertainment of Minor Stroke on Stroke Incidence
Stroke Reports Saturday, May 11th, 2013STROKEAHA: May 7, 2013
Background and Purpose—Reliable comparisons of stroke incidence are important. To determine the impact of systematic assessment of patients referred with transient ischemic attack on the measured incidence and severity of stroke, we compared 2 population-based studies.
Methods—Patients with first-ever stroke ascertained during 2006 through 2010 from the Dijon Stroke Registry and the Oxford Vascular (OXVASC) Study were studied. Read more