Embolic Cerebral Infarction in Atrial Fibrillation: A Simple Review Article

Abstract

Stroke is known worldwide as the leading cause of premature death and disability. Developing countries are most exposed to the dual burden of infectious and non-communicable diseases. Poor people are increasingly affected by stroke due to changing risk factors in the population and, most tragically, not being able to afford the high costs of stroke treatment. Despite significant improvements in primary prevention and acute care over the last few decades, stroke remains a catastrophic illness. Unchangeable risk factors for stroke are some established and changeable risk factors for age, gender, race, ethnicity, heredity, and ischemic stroke.

Risk Factors Affecting Life Expectancy Resulting in Premature Mortalities and the Accompanying Economic Losses

“…There is a possibility that you will live many years beyond the average. Information is input regarding your health, lifestyle factors such as smoking and demographic characteristics into an ALI and it produces results reflecting the probability of your lifespan, including assessing probability to the number of future years you might expect to live [2][3][4][5].…”