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Peripheral Arteriopathy Rate In Stroke

Completed
Conditions
Peripheral Artery Disease
Interventions
Procedure: measuring the ankle brachial index
Registration Number
NCT00794066
Lead Sponsor
University of Erlangen-Nürnberg Medical School
Brief Summary

Purpose:

To assess the prevalence of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in acute stroke patients.

Interventions:

Assessment of the ankle brachial index using the "boso-ABI-system 100" (www.boso.de).

Design:

Prospective, open, cohort study.

Study size planned:

1500.

Follow-up duration:

3 months.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
1500
Inclusion Criteria
  • All consecutive adult patients with acute ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Congestive heart failure.

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
1measuring the ankle brachial indexTIA
3measuring the ankle brachial indexHemorrhagic stroke
2measuring the ankle brachial indexIschemic stroke
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Functional outcome (modified Rankin Scale)3 months
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Prevalence of peripheral arterial diseaseduring hospital stay

Presence or not of PAD as assessed using ABI during hospital stay

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Department of Neurology, University of Erlangen, Germany

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Erlangen, Germany

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