Immediate and one-year outcome of patients presenting with Acute Coronary Syndrome complicated by stroke: Findings from the 2ndGulf Registry of Acute Coronary Events (Gulf RACE-2)

Table 4 Clinical Characteristics and therapy according to stroke subtypes

	Ischemic	Hemorrhagic	Not identified	P-value
No (%)	29(52%)	19 (34%)	8(14%)
Age	60.5 ± 12	60 ± 11	67 ± 15	0.41
Gender Female	10(34.5)	2(10.5)	2(25)	0.17
Diabetes Mellitus	16(52.2)	7(36.8)	1(12.5)	0.08
Hypertension	20(69)	9(47.4)	6(75)	0.23
Atrial fibrillation	4(13.8)	0(0)	0(0)	0.14
Heart rate	92 ± 19	89.9 ± 15	83 ± 30	0.54
Systolic blood pressure	132 ± 30	139 ± 35	116 ± 50	0.29
Diastolic blood pressure	76 ± 24	84 ± 19	68 ± 32	0.28
STEMI	20(69)	16(84.2)	4(50)
NSTEMI	6(20.7)	1(5.3)	3(37.5)
UA	3(0.3)	2(10.5)	1(12.5)	0.34
Coronary Angiogram	5(17.2)	1(5.3)	1(12.5)	0.30
PCI	2(6.9)	1(5.3)	0(0)	0.47
Medications on admission
Thrombolytic therapy	10(52.6)	5(31.2)	0(0)	0.11
Glycoprotein IIb/III inhibitors	12(41.4)	7(36.8)	6(75)	0.17
aspirin	26(89.7)	17(89.5)	8(100)	0.63
Clopidogrel	15(51.7)	6(31.6)	4(50)	0.37

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