Clinical Presentation and Stroke Risk Factors
Patient no. | Age (y)/Sex | Stroke Risk Factors | Clinical Presentation | Symptom Duration (hrs) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 82/F | HTN, HLD, CAD | Nonfluent aphasia and mild right hemiparesis | 0.5 |
2 | 32/F | IDDM | Fluent aphasia, left gaze preference and right hemiparesis | 4 |
3 | 91/F | CHF, CAD | Fluent aphasia | 10 |
4 | 39/F | Smoking | Face, arm, leg numbness; no weakness. No sensory inattention | 0.25 |
5 | 78/F | HTN, DM | Nonfluent aphasia | 3 |
6 | 81/F | AF* | vertigo and gait ataxia | 2 |
7 | 76/M | CAD | Isolated right hand and arm weakness, no aphasia | 0.75 |
8 | 68/F | HTN | Left arm and hand weakness, | 6 |
sensory neglect | ||||
9 | 77/M | HTN, AF* | Left facial weakness, left hand clumsiness, dysarthria and left dysdiadochokinesia | 0.5 |
10 | 54/M | Smoking, HTN | Complete speech arrest and mild right pronator drift | 0.5 |
11 | 76/M | HTN | Complete speech arrest | 0.17 |
12 | 81/M | CAD, HTN | Dysarthria, left facial and left hemiparesis | 0.42 |
Note. AF indicates atrial fibrillation, CAD, coronary artery disease, CHF, congestive heart failure; DM, diabetes mellitus; HLD, hyperlipidaemia, HTN, hypertension; IDDM, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.
* Not receiving anticoagulation therapy.