Eleni Karantali, Konstantinos Vemmos, Evangelos Tsampalas, Konstantinos Xynos, Persefoni Karachalia, Dimitris Lambrou, Stella Angeloglou, Maria Kazakou, Aikaterini Karagianni, Konstantina Aravantinou-Fatorou, Eleutheria Karakatsani, Michiel Bots, Georgia Karamatzianni, Stavros Bellos, Romanos Ntiloudis, Maria Lypiridou, Anastasia Gamvoula, George Georgiopoulos, Erold Ajdini, Nikolaos Gatselis, Konstantinos Makaritsis, Eleni Korompoki, George Ntaios
BACKGROUND: Stroke incidence and case-fatality are reported to decline in high-income countries during the last decades. Epidemiological studies are important for health services to organize prevention and treatment strategies. AIMS: The aim of this population-based study was to determine temporal trends of stroke incidence and case-fatality rates of first-ever stroke in Arcadia, a prefecture in southern Greece. METHODS: All first-ever stroke cases in the Arcadia prefecture were ascertained using the same standard criteria and multiple overlapping sources in three study periods: from November 1993 to October 1995; 2004; and 2015-2016...
February 2, 2021: International Journal of Stroke: Official Journal of the International Stroke Society