Abstract WP289: Comparison of Ischemic Stroke in China versus India: Patient Characteristics, Performance Measures and Outcomes (original) (raw)

Stroke, 2018

Abstract

Background: Although major stroke burden occurs in developing countries, there is lack of comparable assessment of patient characteristics, adherence to guideline-recommended performance measures, and outcomes in acute ischemic stroke (AIS). We compared data from Indo-US Stroke Registry (ISR) and China National Stroke Registry-II (CNSR-II). Methods: The ISR prospectively enrolled N=2066 over 2 years across five large academic hospitals in different geographic regions in India. From CNSR-II we selected 31 large academic hospitals mainland provinces in China, where N=1973 were prospectively enrolled over an overlapping 9-month period. In-hospital patient characteristics, adherence to guideline-recommended performance measures, in-hospital mortality, and 3-month outcomes were compared. Results: As compared to ISR, patients in the CNSR-II were significantly older (mean age 63.9 vs. 58.3 years, p=0.001), had less diabetes mellitus and dyslipidemia but more hypertension and atrial fibrill...

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