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Incidencia y pronóstico de los ataques neurológicos transitorios

Michiel J Bos¹, Marie Josee E van Rijn, Jacqueline C M Witteman

¹Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Erasmus Medical Center, Dr Molewaterplein 50, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, the Netherlands. m.breteler@erasmusmc.nl.

|December 27, 2007

Resumen

Los ataques neurológicos transitorios (ATN) con síntomas no focales o mixtos, a diferencia de los ATN focales (AIT), aumentan significativamente el riesgo de enfermedades vasculares importantes y demencia. Estos hallazgos resaltan la importancia pronóstica de los ANT no focales y mixtos.

Área de la Ciencia:

Neurología Neurología.
Epidemiología La epidemiología.
La medicina vascular es una medicina vascular.

Sus antecedentes:

Ataques neurológicos transitorios (ATN) presentes con síntomas neurológicos temporales (<24 horas), que pueden ser focales, no focales o mixtos.
Si bien se entiende el pronóstico de los ANT focales o ataques isquémicos transitorios (AIT), las implicaciones de los ANT no focales o mixtos siguen siendo en gran medida desconocidas.
Este estudio investiga la importancia pronóstica de las diferentes clasificaciones de TNA.

Objetivo del estudio:

Determinar la incidencia y el pronóstico de los ataques neurológicos transitorios focales, no focales y mixtos (ATN).
Evaluar la asociación entre los diferentes tipos de ANT y los riesgos subsiguientes de eventos vasculares mayores y demencia.

Principales métodos:

Un estudio de cohorte basado en la población de 6062 participantes mayores de 55 años del Estudio de Rotterdam, libres de accidente cerebrovascular, infarto de miocardio y demencia al inicio.
Se realizó un seguimiento de los participantes para detectar TNAs incidentes y eventos adversos posteriores (accidente cerebrovascular, enfermedad cardíaca isquémica, demencia) desde 1990-1993 hasta el 1 de enero de 2005.
Se utilizaron modelos de regresión de Cox ajustados por edad y sexo para analizar las asociaciones entre los ANT y los resultados adversos.

Principales resultados:

Las tasas de incidencia por cada 1000 años-persona fueron de 4,7 para el TNA focal, 3,8 para el TNA no focal y 0,6 para el TNA mixto.
Los TNA focales se asociaron con un mayor riesgo de accidente cerebrovascular (HR, 2.14), mientras que los TNA no focales aumentaron el riesgo de accidente cerebrovascular (HR, 1.56) y demencia (HR, 1.59).
Los TNA mixtos mostraron riesgos significativamente más altos de accidente cerebrovascular (HR, 2.48), enfermedad isquémica del corazón (HR, 2.26), muerte vascular (HR, 2.54) y demencia (HR, 3.46) en comparación con los que no tenían TNA.

Conclusiones:

Los TNA no focales se asocian con un mayor riesgo de accidente cerebrovascular y demencia.
Los TNA mixtos confieren un riesgo sustancialmente mayor de enfermedades vasculares importantes, incluido el accidente cerebrovascular, la enfermedad isquémica del corazón, la muerte vascular y la demencia.
Estos hallazgos subrayan la importancia de reconocer y evaluar los TNA no focales y mixtos por sus implicaciones pronósticas con respecto a la salud vascular y el deterioro cognitivo.

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