ABSTRACT NUMBER: ESOC2026A2292 MORTALITY IN STROKE SURVIVORS DURING A GLOBAL HEALTH CRISIS: A POPULATION-BASED STUDY
Siddhartha Pandit, Elisabeth Dirren, Emmanuel Carrera · 2026
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Siddhartha Pandit, Elisabeth Dirren, and Emmanuel Carrera asked whether stroke survivors died at unusual rates during the COVID-19 pandemic. They followed everyone in a defined European region who had a first stroke in 2018 or 2019, 1,123 people in all, and tracked deaths for five years through official records. Five-year mortality was about forty percent after ischemic stroke and fifty-six percent after brain hemorrhage.
Survivors died faster than the general population in every year, especially the first year after stroke. Yet the pandemic years themselves added nothing: standardized mortality during 2020 and 2021 matched the post-pandemic years almost exactly. Age, prior disability, and stroke severity drove the deaths, along with atrial fibrillation in the ischemic group. Presenting at a stroke conference, the authors conclude that stroke survivors carry a heavy, steady excess risk, but the global health crisis did not pile extra mortality on top of it.
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| CREATOR | Siddhartha Pandit, Elisabeth Dirren, Emmanuel Carrera |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |