[A 3 to 6-year follow-up study of 414 cases of cerebral infarction and cerebral hemorrhage].

To study the long-term prognosis, we performed annual follow-up examinations on 414 patients who had survived cerebrovascular accidents, including 334 cases of cerebral infarction and 80 cases of cerebral hemorrhage. All patients had been admitted to the Neurological Service of our hospital from January 1, 1976 to December 31, 1980, and were followed up for 3-6 years. The life-table method, the log rank test, and the rank sum test were used to determine the cumulative marked improvement rate, the cumulative recovery rate of pathological reflexes, the cumulative survival rate, and the cumulative recurrence rate. The results revealed the marked improvement rate in cerebral infarction was 81.98%, while in cerebral hemorrhage 89.87% at the end of 3 years after discharge. The recovery rate of pathological reflexes was 52.59% in cerebral infarction, 54.75% in cerebral hemorrhage at the end of 4 years. The cumulative survival rate was 58.67% in cerebral infarction, 53.36% in cerebral hemorrhage at the end of 6 years. The cumulative recurrence rate was 49.39% in cerebral infarction, 49.81% in cerebral hemorrhage at the end of 6 years.