Patient with cardioembolic stroke: clinical characteristics and typical features

Aim. To evaluate basic clinicopathologicalcharacteristics of patients with atrial fibrillationand pharmacological anamnesis at the time of cardioembolicstroke.Material and Methods. Study included 99 patientswith atrial fibrillation admitted to SeredavinSamara Regional Clinical Hospital due to cardioembolicstroke. The follow-up duration was 1year.Results. The average age of the patients was69.1 ± 8.7 years. Patients with atrial fibrillationand acute cardioembolic stroke were characterizedby multimorbidity. Arterial hypertension, chronickidney disease, and diabetes mellitus were diagnosedin 96/99 (97.0%), 60/99 (60.6%), and 22/99(22.2%) patients, respectively. Average risk scoreaccording to the CHA2DS2-VASc scale before admissionwas 4.51 ± 1.2 points; therefore, 96 patientshad indications for anticoagulant therapy (≥2 points on the CHA2DS2-VASc scale). However,adequate prevention of thromboembolic complicationsbefore admission was carried out only in16/99 (16.2%) patients.Conclusion. These results demonstrate a lowquality of outpatient care in patients with atrialfibrillation. Most likely, this can be explained bythe lack of awareness about the risks of potentialcomplications and low compliance.