Associations of clonal hematopoiesis with recurrent vascular events and death in patients with incident ischemic stroke
Arends C, Liman T, Strzelecka P, Kufner A, Löwe P, Huo S, Stein C, Piper S, Tilgner M, Sperber P, Dimitriou S, Heuschmann P, Hablesreiter R, Harms C, Bullinger L, Weber J, Endres M, Damm F. Associations of clonal hematopoiesis with recurrent vascular events and death in patients with incident ischemic stroke. Blood 2023, 141: 787-799. PMID: 36441964, DOI: 10.1182/blood.2022017661.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAtherosclerosisClonal HematopoiesisHematopoiesisHumansInflammationIschemic StrokeMutationProspective StudiesStrokeConceptsComposite end pointPrimary composite end pointRecurrent vascular eventsVascular eventsIschemic strokeClonal hematopoiesisInterleukin-6Risk factorsHigh-sensitivity C-reactive proteinLarge artery atherosclerosis strokeVascular cell adhesion molecule-1Cell adhesion molecule-1Secondary vascular eventsIncident ischemic strokeMultivariable Cox regressionIndependent risk factorC-reactive proteinRisk of atherosclerosisShorter overall survivalMajor risk factorWhite matter lesionsAdhesion molecule-1Peripheral blood DNAPrecision medicine approachIL-6 receptor