Research Paper Volume 11, Issue 23 pp 11347—11357
Risk of ischemic stroke in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in the absence of atrial fibrillation – a nationwide cohort study
- 1 Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital Hsin-Chu Branch, Hsinchu, Taiwan
- 2 Department of Biological Science and Technology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
- 3 College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
- 4 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
- 5 Institute of Biomedical Engineering, College of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
- 6 Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine and Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Received: September 5, 2019 Accepted: November 18, 2019 Published: December 2, 2019
https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.102532How to Cite
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Abstract
Ischemic stroke (IS) is a catastrophic complication of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) with aging. We investigated the incidence of IS in HCM patients without atrial fibrillation (AF) and compared the relative risk of IS with matched general population with AF. This study identified 17,371 HCM patients without AF and utilized propensity-score-matching to identify one-to-one matched control of general population with AF receiving oral anti-coagulants (OACs). During a median follow-up of 7.3 years, 847 (4.9%) subjects experienced IS with the incidence of 0.589/100 person-years. The corresponding matched controls experienced 788 (4.5%) events with the incidence of 0.494/100 person-years. Compared with control, HCM patients had similar risk of IS (Hazard ratios [HRs] 0.965, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.854-1.091). HCM patients with age above 65 years had a significantly increased risk of IS (age 65-74 years, HR 1.278, 95% CI 1.070-1.335; age ≥75 years, HR 1.757, 95% CI 1.435-2.152). Stratified by CHA2DS2-VASc score, HCM subjects with score 0, 1 and 2 had significantly increased risk of IS than control while those with score ≥2 had similar risk as control. Compared with general population with AF, HCM patients without AF had similar risk of IS, suggesting OACs might be necessary in HCM patient without AF.