Occlusion and stenosis of arteries, not leading to stroke

Description

intracranial embolism: Blocking of a blood vessel in the skull by an embolus which can be a blood clot (thrombus) or other undissolved material in the blood stream. Most emboli are of cardiac origin and are associated with heart diseases. Other non-cardiac sources of emboli are usually associated with vascular diseases.

Data source
FinnGen phenocode I9_STENOSIS
Hospital Discharge registry ICD-10: I66, ICD-9: 4339X/4331X/4330X
Cause of Death registry ICD-10: I66, ICD-9: 4339X/4331X/4330X
Level in the ICD-hierarchy 3
First defined in version DF2
Ontology
DOID 4372
GWAS catalog 1000991
MESH D020766
SNOMED CT 75543006

Key figures

Sex All Female Male
Number of individuals 123 54 69
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 0.09 0.07 0.12
Mean age at first event (years) 61.73 61.4 61.98
Median number of events / individual 1 1 1

Clinical metrics

Sex All Female Male
Recurrence within 6 months (%) 19.51 16.67 21.74
Case fatality at 5-years (%) 6.5 7.41 5.8

Associations