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AHA 2026

Long-Term Outcomes Among US Medicare Beneficiaries with Non-Cardioembolic Ischemic Stroke

In this observational cohort study of Medicare FFS patients admitted for NCIS, the following was observed:

 

  1. High risk of subsequent stroke
    • Especially pronounced among those with a history of prior stroke

       

  2. High risk of subsequent cardiovascular events

     

  3. High economic burden with respect to the index admission and subsequent hospitalizations

     

Across clinical, functional, and economic outcomes, the burden was consistently greater among patients with a history of prior stroke