Prospective Study of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes and Risk of Stroke Subtypes: the Nurses’ Health Study
Response to Janghorbani et al.
- From the Biomedical Department of Internal and Specialistic Medicine, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
- Address correspondence to Dott. Antonino Tuttolomondo, Internal and Specialistic Medicine, University of Palermo, +39-091/6552128, Palermo, Italy. E-mail: brunotutto{at}unipa.it
We read the article by Janghorbani et al. (1) and have some observations for the authors. First, why did the authors classify stroke subtypes by Perth criteria (2), when TOAST (Trial of Org 10172 in Acute Stroke Treatment) classification (3) would have been, in our opinion, more suitable? Indeed, this classification, evaluating pathophysiological, instrumental, and anatomical findings following an algorithmic procedure, offers …
