Chinese Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases 2013;(12):729-732

doi:10.3936/j.issn.1002-0152.2013.12.006

The current status of secondary prevention of cerebral infarction in Longquanyi District of Chengdu

Cuiping XU ; Meirong ZHU ; Rui LUO ; Dan TANG ; Bo NING ; Yan YANG ; Li ZHONG ; Wei LI ; Fei YANG

Keywords

Secondary prevention; Stroke registry; Cerebral infarction

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

Objective To investigate the current status of secondary prevention of cerebral infarction in Longquanyi District of Chengdu. Methods Prospective Investigation on the secondary prevention was conducted in 94 pa-tients with cerebral infarction at 3, 12 and 24 months following stroke. Results The percentages of patients receiving anti-platelet therapy, antihypertensive treatment, antidiabetic drug treatment and statin therapy were 96.8%, 92.1%, 91.7%and 63.8%at hospital discharge, 79.8%, 88.9%, 91.7%and 55.3%at 3 months, 76.1%, 75.0%and 41.4%, 63.8%at 12 months and 33.0%, 71.4%;58.3%and 22.3%at 24 months, respectively. None of stroke patients with atrial fibrillation re-ceived anticoagulation therapy. Conclusion There is a large gap between the current practice of secondary prevention and guideline in patients with cerebral infarction in Longquanyi District of Chengdu.