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\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}\raggedright \textcolor{GJMediumGrey}{\rule{\textwidth}{2pt}} \vskip16pt \textcolor{GJBlue}{\large\bfseries\abstractname\space} }{% \vskip8pt \textcolor{GJMediumGrey}{\rule{\textwidth}{2pt}} \vskip16pt } \usepackage[absolute,overlay]{textpos} \makeatother \usepackage{lineno} \linenumbers \begin{document} \author[1]{Menbeu Mohammed} \author[2]{Aklilu Azazh} \author[3]{Hossein Kalantari} \affil[1]{ St. Paul Hospital millennium medical college} \renewcommand\Authands{ and } \date{\small \em Received: 15 December 2017 Accepted: 5 January 2018 Published: 15 January 2018} \maketitle \begin{abstract} Background: The burden of stroke in young adults appears to have increased significantly over the past few decades. The causes of ischemic stroke are long-standing hypertension, smoking, physical inactivity and poor dietary habit. But, the burden of stroke from rheumatic heart disease in young adults in Ethiopia is not well studied.Methods: A retrospective chart review of all ischemic stroke patients presented to Tikur Anbessa specialized hospital from December 2011 to December 2015. Their demographic data and clinical characteristics were analyzed using descriptive statistics.Result: A total of 161 patients with ischemic stroke were eligible for chart review, of which75 patients (46.6%) were female and 86 patients (53.4%) were male. The median age of patients was 60 years. \end{abstract} \keywords{stroke, rheumatic heart disease, atrial fibrillation, young adults.} \begin{textblock*}{18cm}(1cm,1cm) % {block width} (coords) \textcolor{GJBlue}{\LARGE Global Journals \LaTeX\ JournalKaleidoscope\texttrademark} \end{textblock*} \begin{textblock*}{18cm}(1.4cm,1.5cm) % {block width} (coords) \textcolor{GJBlue}{\footnotesize \\ Artificial Intelligence formulated this projection for compatibility purposes from the original article published at Global Journals. However, this technology is currently in beta. \emph{Therefore, kindly ignore odd layouts, missed formulae, text, tables, or figures.}} \end{textblock*} \let\tabcellsep& \section[{I. Introduction}]{I. Introduction}\par troke is the leading cause of death and disability world-wide. It is responsible for 10.8\% of total deaths and 3.1\% of the burden of disease in the world. And nearly 15\% of stroke patients were young adults \hyperref[b0]{(1,}\hyperref[b1]{2)} . In Ethiopia, with the demographic and epidemiologic shift now occurring, none communicable diseases like stroke are increasing. The well known risk factors for stroke like MD, HTN, smoking and dislipidemia are not its major cause in young adults of Ethiopia. It is also reported their is double burden of disease in Ethiopia with still unresolved communicable disease and the increasing none communicable disease. \hyperref[b2]{(3)} One of the communicable diseases cause for stroke is acute rheumatic fever (ARF) with its sequel, rheumatic heart disease (RHD) and its thromboembolic complications.\par ARF, RHD was affecting the young population, reduced through preventative measures in the developed world, but it is still highly prevalent in developing countries due to lack of awareness, inadequate early diagnosis and treatment \hyperref[b3]{(4)}\hyperref[b4]{(5)}\hyperref[b5]{(6)}\hyperref[b6]{(7)}\hyperref[b7]{(8)}\hyperref[b8]{(9)} . The prevalence of RHD in Ethiopia is estimated to be up to 60 per 1000 population in ages between16-20 \hyperref[b9]{(10)} . Valvular heart disease (VHD) and atrial fibrillation (AF) are the sequel of RHD and remain important risk factors for ischemic stroke \hyperref[b10]{(11)}\hyperref[b11]{(12)}\hyperref[b12]{(13)} . Group A streptococcal throat infection is a well-known cause of bacterial pharyngitis that can lead to Acute Rheumatic Fever (ARF) with cardiac, brain, joint and kidney complications. The cardiac involvement can affect the heart valves, predisposing the patient of an increased risk of vegetations and subsequent damage to the leaflets. Complications such as RHD and nephritis are more common in children in the first ten years after infection \hyperref[b13]{(14,}\hyperref[b14]{15)} . These complications remain the causes of mortality to a single organism \hyperref[b15]{(16,}\hyperref[b16]{17)} .\par Approximately 20\% of patients with RHD will suffer thromboembolic complications. A pooled analysis from different studies stated that in 39\% of cases of RHD, embolization to the brain occurred \hyperref[b12]{(13)} . Studies have estimated the overall mortality rate from emboli secondary to RHD to be 11-16\% \hyperref[b17]{(18)} . Recent reports show increasing trend in ischemic stroke among young adults \hyperref[b18]{(19)} . But the associated factors were not well studied in Ethiopia. Given the risk of RHD as a cause of stroke in young, Identifying the burden and appropriate early intervention targeting the prevention and treatment of ARF would be the best approach. So studying the specifically the associated factor for stroke in young adults is important to improve the prevention effort for stroke. Hence this study aimed to descriptively quantify the occurrences of RHD in young stroke patients in the study hospital.\par The Objective of the study was to describe the occurrence of stroke risk factors in young adults visiting Tikur Ambessa Specialized hospital emphasizing the impact of RHD. \section[{a) Study Design and Setting}]{a) Study Design and Setting}\par We conducted a cross-sectional retrospective chart review of all stroke patients who presented to Tikur Anbessa specialized hospital from December 2011 to December 2015. Tikur Anbassa specialized hospital is located in the capital city Addis Ababa. It is the largest tertiary care teaching hospital in Ethiopia. It has more than 800 admission beds and more than 5 million population coverage. The hospital provides both inpatient and outpatient services to patients referred from different small hospitals of the country. It is currently the hospital where advanced neurology and neurosurgical investigations and intervention are practiced. The hospital also houses the Ethiopian pediatric cardiac Center. \section[{b) Data Collection}]{b) Data Collection}\par A standard questionnaire was prepared which have a variable including patient demography, stroke type, presence of associated factors, and characteristics of patients with RHD. All charts of the patients during study time ware reviewed. Patients were selected from the patient register. Once their charts were identified we screened the charts for completeness. The data collectors were emergency medicine year two residents. Data quality was maintained throughout the collection to a cleaning process by the investigators. Patients charts with no brain imaging results and those with hemorrhagic stroke were excluded from the study. \section[{c) Data Analysis}]{c) Data Analysis}\par Data were cleaned and transferred to SPSS version 20 for further analysis. The analysis was done using descriptive statistics. The definition for young age varies from 35 to 45, the age range between 13 to 40 years was arbitrarily chosen by the authors as young adult. \section[{d) Ethical Consideration}]{d) Ethical Consideration}\par The study protocol was reviewed, and written support was obtained from Addis Ababa University, school of medicine department of emergency medicine. Patient identification was not collected, and confidentiality of patients was maintained during data collection through the dissemination of the results. \section[{III. Results}]{III. Results} \section[{a) Demography and Clinical Data of Ischemic Stroke}]{a) Demography and Clinical Data of Ischemic Stroke}\par Patients A total of 304 confirmed stroke patients were seen at the hospital between the years 2011-2015. Of which 161(53\%), patients had ischemic stroke and their charts were complete for chart review. From the ischemic stroke patiens a total of 75 patients (46.6\%) were female and 86 patients (53.4\%) were male. The mean age of patients was 60 years minimum being 13 and maximum being 90 years. Over all 42 (26\%) ischemic stroke patients were young adults. Twenty nine patients (16\%) had echo-cardiographically documented VHD. The median age for patients with VHD was 35 years. Twenty two patients (75.8 \%\%) had echo-cardiographically documented rheumatic valvular heart disease. The rest was documented as either degenerative valvular lesion or non specific vavular lesion. At presentation 17(63\%) of young ischemic stroke patients was in heart failure (CHF), 13 (15.6\%) had hypertension and none of them were smokers. Mitral valve was the commonest isolated valve affected accounting 8 (27.6\%) of the patients with abnormal valve. But majority of patients with valvular lesion 14 (48.8\%) had multi-valvular involvement. See table one below. Regarding the possible risk factors for stroke in young adults with RHD patients, none of the patients had Diabetes mellitus, hypertension or lipid profile derangement and none of them were smokers. But all had valvular involvement. For detailed clinical data see Tables \hyperref[tab_1]{2 and Figure} \section[{IV. Discussion}]{IV. Discussion}\par This study has shown a slightly higher proportion of ischemic stroke occurrence in the study hospital. But, it is lower than the developed nations report (20). It has affected female more than male patients, 1:1.2. Twenty six percent of the patients were younger adults. This is higher than the 5\% reports from the developed nation (21). The prevalence of valvular lesion in ischemic stroke patients was 16\%, and more than a 75\% of this valvular heart disease and stroke patients had rheumatic valvular damage. Our study also had showed 73\% of the patients that had RHD and ischemic stroke were younger than 40 years. It appears, the only known risk factor for stroke in young adults with Rheumatic heart disease was their cardiac condition. This stroke with disabilities occurring at younger age leads not only to long-term care, but also reduces the number of young people entering the work force.\par This study also shown the commonly involved isolated valves were mitral and aortic with Atrial fibrillation as a common rhythm problem detected. Similar to our study in a research in Estoniya atrial fibrillation was found in 48\% of cardioembolic stroke patients. Researchers have shown nearly 100\% of cases of pure Mitral stenosis (MS) are caused by RHD (22) and up to 80\% of patients with systemic emboli with MS have atrial fibrillation. The relative risk of stroke is 15 times higher than in those with only one of MS and AF, but only six times higher for those with AF only, compared with the general population (23). Also thrombombolic complications from MS even in the absence of AF has been reported and is estimated to near 12\% (24, 25).\par The course on VHD in developing countries differs from that of the developed world similar to our study; a study from Asia had shown RHD is believed to be the cause of stroke in 23 \% of the cases. But it was only 2.0 \% in Europe and Northern America (26). In study in developed worled hypertention, dyslipidemia, and smoking were the most frequent risk factors for the stroke in youngs. In addition, in a population study in UK dissection of extra cranial arteries, premature atherosclerosis, migraine, and vasculitis were mentioned as causes for stroke in young, which were not found in our study patients (27). This discrepancy can be caused by the preventive effort made in the developed nation.\par Given the high morbidity and mortality from RHD and its complications, efforts should be geared towards preventive measures in fighting the inciting (28, 29). Tertiary management addresses the clinical consequences of established RHD and involves surgical management. Anticoagulation is also strongly recommended for patients with AF as well as those with MS with normal sinus rhythm (30, 31). Small studies have suggested that primary prevention of rheumatic fever is a cost-effective way of dealing with RHD. Of all the recommendations primary prevention appears to be the best approach in combating RHD and its squeal like stroke especially in the developing world, including Ethiopia. \section[{V. Limitation}]{V. Limitation}\par Not all patients had available and complete charts leading to a small sample size. Study was limited to data from one hospital only. Selection bias is another limiting factor as we only evaluated patients that presented to one hospital. These patients may not reflect the total stroke patients in other hospitals or in the country. No mortality outcome evaluated in this study. \section[{VI. Conclusion}]{VI. Conclusion}\par In the absence of other cardiovascular risk factors, the history of RF/RHD and its sequel appear to have caused the stroke symptoms in our patient cohort. RHD and its sequels serve as a significant risk factor for stroke in young adults and early effective preventive measures are needed to combat the problem.\begin{figure}[htbp] \noindent\textbf{}\includegraphics[]{image-2.png} \caption{\label{fig_1}}\end{figure} \begin{figure}[htbp] \noindent\textbf{1} \par \begin{longtable}{P{0.324874686716792\textwidth}P{0.04580200501253132\textwidth}P{0.03515037593984962\textwidth}P{0.287593984962406\textwidth}P{0.046867167919799495\textwidth}P{0.03195488721804511\textwidth}P{0.04899749373433584\textwidth}P{0.0287593984962406\textwidth}} Characteristics\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \multicolumn{2}{l}{13 -40 Years}\tabcellsep \%\tabcellsep > 40 Years\tabcellsep \%\tabcellsep Total\\ Sex\tabcellsep Male Female\tabcellsep 21 21\tabcellsep \tabcellsep 24.4 28\tabcellsep 65 54\tabcellsep 75.6 72\tabcellsep 86 75\\ \tabcellsep RHD\tabcellsep 16\tabcellsep \tabcellsep 72.7\tabcellsep 6\tabcellsep 27.3\tabcellsep 22\\ \tabcellsep VHD\tabcellsep 16\tabcellsep \tabcellsep 55.2\tabcellsep 13\tabcellsep 44.8\tabcellsep 29\\ \tabcellsep CHF\tabcellsep 17\tabcellsep \tabcellsep 63\tabcellsep 10\tabcellsep 27\tabcellsep 27\\ Clinical Character\tabcellsep HTN\tabcellsep 13\tabcellsep \tabcellsep 15.6\tabcellsep 71\tabcellsep 84.5\tabcellsep 84\\ \tabcellsep DM\tabcellsep 5\tabcellsep \tabcellsep 19.2\tabcellsep 21\tabcellsep 80.8\tabcellsep 26\\ \tabcellsep Smoker\tabcellsep 0\tabcellsep \tabcellsep 0\tabcellsep 3\tabcellsep 100\tabcellsep 3\\ \multicolumn{2}{l}{Atrial Fibrillation}\tabcellsep 17\tabcellsep \tabcellsep 43.6\tabcellsep 22\tabcellsep 56.4\tabcellsep 39\\ \tabcellsep Mitral\tabcellsep 3\tabcellsep \tabcellsep 37.5\tabcellsep 5\tabcellsep 62.5\tabcellsep 8\\ Valve Involved\tabcellsep Aortic\tabcellsep 1\tabcellsep \tabcellsep 14.3\tabcellsep 6\tabcellsep 85.7\tabcellsep 7\\ \multicolumn{2}{l}{Multi-Valve Lesion}\tabcellsep 12\tabcellsep \tabcellsep 85.7\tabcellsep 2\tabcellsep 14.3\tabcellsep 14\\ \multicolumn{3}{l}{b) Characteristics of Ischemic Stroke Patients with}\tabcellsep \multicolumn{5}{l}{than 40. Eighteen (82\%) patients with VHD had both}\\ Rheumatic Heart Disease\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \multicolumn{5}{l}{RHD as well as AF of which 14 patients (77.8\%) were}\\ \multicolumn{3}{l}{Of the 22 patients with RHD and ischemic}\tabcellsep \multicolumn{5}{l}{younger than 40 years. In terms of valve involved on the}\\ \multicolumn{3}{l}{stroke 16 patients (73\%) were young adults. Of the}\tabcellsep \multicolumn{5}{l}{echocardiogram, 7 (24\%) patients had isolated aortic}\\ \multicolumn{3}{l}{patients who had VHD, 20 patients (69\%) were younger}\tabcellsep \multicolumn{5}{l}{valve involvement, 8 (27.6\%) patients had isolated mitral}\end{longtable} \par \caption{\label{tab_0}Table 1 :}\end{figure} \begin{figure}[htbp] \noindent\textbf{2} \par \begin{longtable}{P{0.4038674033149171\textwidth}P{0.09392265193370165\textwidth}P{0.08453038674033149\textwidth}P{0.07044198895027624\textwidth}P{0.08453038674033149\textwidth}P{0.11270718232044198\textwidth}} Sequel of RHD\tabcellsep < 40 Years\tabcellsep \%\tabcellsep > 40 Years\tabcellsep \%\tabcellsep Total (100 \%)\\ RHD and VHD\tabcellsep 16\tabcellsep 73\tabcellsep 6\tabcellsep 27\tabcellsep 22\\ RHD and Afib\tabcellsep 14\tabcellsep 77.8\tabcellsep 4\tabcellsep 22.2\tabcellsep 18\\ RHD and CHF\tabcellsep 15\tabcellsep 88.2\tabcellsep 2\tabcellsep 11.2\tabcellsep 17\\ RHD, AFib and VHD\tabcellsep 12\tabcellsep 75\tabcellsep 4\tabcellsep 25\tabcellsep 16\\ RHD, AFib and VHD, CHF\tabcellsep 12\tabcellsep 85.7\tabcellsep 2\tabcellsep 14.3\tabcellsep 14\end{longtable} \par \caption{\label{tab_1}Table 2 :}\end{figure} \backmatter \subsection[{Acknowledgement}]{Acknowledgement}\par We thank Ms. Golnar Pashmforoosh for editing the manuscript. \begin{bibitemlist}{1} \bibitem[ G Ital Cardiol (Rome)]{b31}\label{b31} \textit{}, \textit{G Ital Cardiol (Rome)} 2013 (3) p. . \bibitem[Majeed et al. 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