Acute Stroke Registry Malaysia, 2010-2014: Results from the National Neurology Registry

Aziz ZA 1 , Lee YY 2 , Ngah BA 3 , Sidek NN 4 , Looi I 5 , Hanip MR 6 Show all authors , Basri HB 7

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Neurology, Hospital Sultanah Nur Zahirah, Jalan Sultan Mahmud, 20400 Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia. Electronic address: zaraziz_ayie@yahoo.com
  • 2 Health and Value, Pfizer Malaysia, Levels 10 & 11, Wisma Averis, Tower 2, Avenue 5, Bangsar South, No. 8 Jalan Kerinchi, 59200 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 3 Hospital Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah, Jalan Maran, Temerloh, 28000 Pahang, Malaysia
  • 4 Department of Neurology, Hospital Sultanah Nur Zahirah, Jalan Sultan Mahmud, 20400 Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia
  • 5 Department of Medicine, Hospital Seberang Jaya, Prai, 13700 Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
  • 6 Department of Neurology, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Jalan Pahang, 50586 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 7 Department of Medicine, Level 3, Block B (Academic), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis, 2015 Dec;24(12):2701-9.
PMID: 26338106 DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2015.07.025

Abstract

Stroke remains a major health burden worldwide. The incidence and prevalence rates of stroke are decreasing in developed countries, an opposite trend is taking place in the Asia Pacific, where an increasing number of patients are being diagnosed with acute stroke. The results of the present study on acute stroke in multi-ethnic Malaysia will significantly contribute to the global stroke epidemiological data. We aimed to present epidemiological data of stroke including incidence and prevalence rates as well as associated risk factors from a prospective nationwide hospital-based registry from 2010 to 2014.

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