Materials and Methods: A prospective, descriptive study of 94 in patients with acute cerebral infarction treated at the Hue Central Hospital from 08/2010 to 06/2011 was conducted; Results: the mean age was 68.6 ± 15.5 years (range 16 - 101), 73.4% had hypertension at admission, the most commonly risk factors included pre-existing hypertensions (59.6%), cardiovascular diseases (28.7%) and a history of cerebral vascular accident or TIA (26.6%).