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Stroke risk factor, pattern and outcome in patients with cancer
Y-Y Zhang1, D K Y Chan, D Cordato
1Department of Aged Care & Rehabilitation, Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia. zhangyyun@hotmail.com
Objective:
To investigate risk factors, stroke pattern and outcome in stroke patients with cancer.
Methods:
A retrospective review of all stroke patients with cancer (n = 69) admitted to Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital, Sydney, Australia, between January 1999 and December 2004 was conducted, and comparison made to age- and gender-matched non-cancer stroke patients admitted to the same hospital during the same period.
Results:
Vascular risk factors did not significantly differ between cancer and non-cancer groups. There was a trend towards greater risk of intracerebral haemorrhage in the cancer group vs the non-cancer group. Previous deep vein thrombosis was more common, and prothrombin time and activated partial thromboplastin time were prolonged in the cancer group vs the non-cancer group. More patients died in hospital in the cancer group vs the non-cancer group.
Conclusions:
Coagulation disorders are more likely to be seen in stroke patients with cancer, and patients with cancer have a higher in-hospital post-stroke mortality.
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