Stroke etiology among Haitians living in Miami

Sebastian Koch; Diego Pabon; Alejandro A. Rabinstein; Julio Chirinos; Jose G. Romano; Alejandro Forteza

doi:10.1159/000087449

Stroke etiology among Haitians living in Miami

Sebastian Koch, Diego Pabon, Alejandro A. Rabinstein, Julio Chirinos, Jose G. Romano, Alejandro Forteza

Neurology

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Abstract

The black Caribbean population continues to grow in the US and little is known about stroke etiologies in that community. We examined stroke subtypes in 175 consecutive Haitian-born patients living in Miami, admitted for acute stroke. Ischemic stroke was diagnosed in 72%. Small vessel occlusion was the most frequent stroke subtype. There was a high prevalence of hypertension, medication noncompliance and intracranial atherosclerosis. Hypertension was the only cardiovascular risk factor significantly associated with small vessel infarction when compared with non-small vessel infarcts.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	192-195
Number of pages	4
Journal	Neuroepidemiology
Volume	25
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1159/000087449
State	Published - Oct 1 2005

Keywords

Small vessel stroke
Stroke etiology
Stroke in minorities

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Epidemiology
Clinical Neurology

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