Table 1 Investigations to look at stroke pathophysiology performed in the different groups
Black stroke patients | White stroke patients | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
All | Caribbean | African | ||
n = 1200 n (%) | n = 809 n (%) | n = 391 n (%) | n = 1200 n (%) | |
ECG | 1183 (98.6) | 795 (98.3) | 388 (99.2) | 1180 (98.3) |
24 hr ECG | 81 (6.8) | 54 (6.7) | 27 (6.9) | 142 (11.8) |
Echocardiogram | 616 (51.3) | 396 (48.9) | 220 (56.3) | 572 (47.7) |
Carotid duplexa | 989 (95.1) | 687 (95.9) | 302 (93.2) | 1008 (92.9) |
Brain CT | 1143 (95.3) | 772 (95.4) | 371 (94.9) | 1159 (95.4) |
Brain MRI | 573 (47.8) | 375 (46.4) | 198 (50.6) | 526 (43.8) |
DWI-MRI | 454 (37.8) | 300 (37.1) | 154 (39.4) | 396 (33.0) |
CT-angiography | 164 (13.7) | 101 (12.5) | 63 (16.1) | 160 (13.3) |
MR-angiography | 349 (29.1) | 225 (27.8) | 124 (31.7) | 295 (24.6) |
Any extracranial vessel imaginga | 996 (95.8) | 690 (96.4) | 306 (94.4) | 1038 (95.6) |
Thrombophilia screena | 214 (20.6) | 107 (15.2) | 107 (33.0) | 145 (12.1) |