Risk Factors and Etiologies of Ischemic Strokes in Young Patients: A Tertiary Hospital Study in North India

Abstract

Young adults account for 16.7% of all stroke patients in North India. Risk factors are relatively prevalent, and a high proportion of the patients are categorized under undetermined and other determined causes. The results highlight the needs for aggressive management of traditional risk factors and extensive patient work-ups to identify stroke etiology in India.