The Relationship Between Age And Affected Cerebral Vessels In Ischemic Stroke Patients

Aim: This study aimed to analyze the relationship between the age and the radiological findings in patients who admitted to Okmeydanı Training and Research Hospital Emergency Department with cerebrovascular disease between January 2015- January 2016. Ischemic stroke has a major importance due to its high mortality and morbidity. Ischemic stroke is the third leading reason of death in the world. It is also an important reason for long term disability besides the mortality.
Material and Method: This study is a retrospective study and covers 352 patients who admitted to our Emergency Department with cerebrovascular disease between January 2015 and January 2016.
Results: Patient information system was searched as covering the study period. Information of age and radiologically affected cerebral artery at first admission were recorded. Obtained data were recorded in study form. With our analysis we detected meaningful relationship between the age and the Posterior Circulation ischemic stroke.
Study was performed with 352 patients in Okmeydanı Training and Research Hospital between January 2015 and January 2016.
Quantitative data was reported as average ± standard deviation, categorical data was reported as number or percentage. In all statistical analysis p<0.05 was accepted as statistically meaningful difference. SPSS 22 for Windows was used for statistical analysis.
Conclusion: In our study, we detected a meaningful relationship between the age and the Posterior Circulation ischemic stroke similar to the literature. Additionally, in result of our study, we detected Posterior Circulation strokes are younger than Middle Cerebral Artery and Anterior Cerebral Artery strokes.