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Initial in-hospital heart rate is associated with three-month functional outcomes after acute ischemic stroke.


ABSTRACT:

Background

Increased heart rate (HR) has been associated with stroke risk and outcomes.

Material and methods

We analyzed 1,420 patients from a hospital-based stroke registry with acute ischemic stroke (AIS). Mean initial in-hospital HR and the coefficient of variation of HR (HR-CV) were derived from the values recorded during the first 3 days of hospitalization. The study outcome was the 3-month functional outcome. Odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were estimated using multivariable logistic regression analysis.

Results

A higher mean HR level was significantly and continuously associated with a higher probability of unfavorable functional outcomes. Compared with the reference group (mean HR < 70 beats per minute), the multivariate-adjusted OR for an unfavorable outcome was 1.81 (95% CI, 1.25-2.61) for a mean HR ≥ 70 and < 80 beats per minute, 2.52 (95% CI, 1.66 - 3.52) for a mean HR ≥ 80 and < 90 beats per minute, and 3.88 (95% CI, 2.20-6.85) for mean HR ≥ 90 beats per minute. For stroke patients with a history of hypertension, the multivariate-adjusted OR for patients with a HR-CV ≥ 0.12 (versus patients with a HR-CV < 0.08 as a reference) was 1.73 (95% CI, 1.11-2.70) for an unfavorable outcome.

Conclusions

Our results indicated that a high initial in-hospital HR was significantly associated with unfavorable 3-month functional outcomes in patients with AIS. In addition, stroke patients with a HR-CV ≥ 0.12 also had unfavorable outcomes compared with those with a HR-CV < 0.08 if they had a history of hypertension.

SUBMITTER: Kuo YW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8194208 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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