The risk of recurrent stroke, myocardial infarction and epilepsy was analyzed in a population-based cohort of 409 stroke patients (mean age 72 years) observed for 3.5–7 years. As assessed by the life table technique, the proportion of survivors in the cohort was 69 ± 5 at 1 year and 38 ± 7 at 5 years. During the first year, the risk for recurrent stroke was 14 ± 4, and the accumulated risk for stroke recurrence at 5 years was 37 ± 10. The probability for myocardial infarction was estimated to be 7 ± 3 at 1 year and 19 ± 8 at 5 years. The risk of recurrent stroke was enhanced in patients of high age and with a history of cardiac failure (p < 0.05), whereas the risk of myocardial infarction was associated with high age, angina pectoris and diabetes mellitus (p < 0.05). The risk of epilepsy was 3 ± 2 at 1 year and 5 ± 4 at 5 years. The considerable risk of recurrent stroke, myocardial infarction and epilepsy adds to the sequelae of the initial cerebrovascular
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