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Open Access 01-12-2010 | Research article

Frequency and clinical patterns of stroke in Iran - Systematic and critical review

Authors: Akram A Hosseini, Davood Sobhani-Rad, Kavian Ghandehari, Hani TS Benamer

Published in: BMC Neurology | Issue 1/2010

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Abstract

Background

Cerebrovascular disease is the second commonest cause of death, and over a third of stroke deaths occur in developing countries. To fulfil the current gap on data, this systematic review is focused on the frequency of stroke, risk factors, stroke types and mortality in Iran.

Methods

Thirteen relevant articles were identified by keyword searching of PubMed, Iranmedex, Iranian University index Libraries and the official national data on burden of diseases.

Results

The publication dates ranged from 1990 to 2008. The annual stroke incidence of various ages ranged from 23 to 103 per 100,000 population. This is comparable to the figures from Arab Countries, higher than sub-Saharan Africa, but lower than developed countries, India, the Caribbean, Latin America, and China. Similarly to other countries, ischaemic stroke was the commonest subtype. Likewise, the most common related risk factor is hypertension in adults, but cardiac causes in young stroke. The 28-day case fatality rate is reported at 19-31%.

Conclusions

Data on the epidemiology of stroke, its pattern and risk factors from Iran is scarce, but the available data highlights relatively low incidence of stroke. This may reflect a similarity towards the neighbouring nations, and a contrast with the West.
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Metadata
Title
Frequency and clinical patterns of stroke in Iran - Systematic and critical review
Authors
Akram A Hosseini
Davood Sobhani-Rad
Kavian Ghandehari
Hani TS Benamer
Publication date
01-12-2010
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Neurology / Issue 1/2010
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2377
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2377-10-72

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