Arboix A, García-Eroles L, Massons J, Oliveres M, Comes E, Targa C. Lacunar stroke in patients with intermittent claudication.
Acta Neurol Scand 2005;
111:253-7. [PMID:
15740577 DOI:
10.1111/j.1600-0404.2005.00353.x]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Abstract
OBJECTIVES
To compare the characteristics of lacunar stroke (LS) in patients with and without intermittent claudication.
MATERIAL AND METHODS
Data of 484 consecutive patients with LS were collected from a prospective hospital-based stroke registry in which 2500 patients are included.
RESULTS
Of the 142 patients with ischemic stroke and intermittent claudication, 39 (27.5%) had LS (8% of all lacunes). In the multivariate analysis, small centrum ovale topography (odds ratio 7.35), carotid stenosis >50% (odds ratio 3.17), and absence of limitation at discharge (odds ratio 2.01) were independent variables significantly associated with LS in patients with intermittent claudication.
CONCLUSION
Only 8% of patients with LS had intermittent claudication. The short-term prognosis is good with a spontaneous early neurological recovery at discharge in 51.3% of patients. LS patients with intermittent claudication showed a striking similarity in risk factors and clinical syndromes in comparison with the LS patients without intermittent claudication.
Collapse