Risk of Stroke in Patients With Heart Failure

Background and Purpose— The long-term risk of specific stroke subtypes among heart failure patients is largely unknown. We examined short-term and long-term risk of ischemic stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), and subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) in heart failure patients and in a general population comparison cohort. Methods— In this nationwide cohort study (1980−2012), we used Danish population-based medical registries to identify and follow...