BACKGROUND The association between the location and the mechanism of a stroke lesion remains unclear. A diffusion-weighted imaging study may help resolve this lack of clarity. METHODS AND RESULTS We studied a consecutive series of 2702 acute ischemic stroke patients whose stroke lesions were confirmed by diffusion-weighted imaging and who underwent a thorough etiological investigation. The va...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE We aim to compare demographics and functional outcomes of patients with stroke in a variety of vascular territories who underwent inpatient rehabilitation. Such comparative data are important in functional prognostication, rehabilitation, and healthcare planning, but literature is scarce and isolated. METHODS Using data collected prospectively over a 9-year period, we s...

Objective: To study the risk factors of cerebral infarction in stroke patients. Methodology: It is a descriptive hospital based study conducted at the Department of Medicine, Naseer Teaching Hospital, Peshawar from January 2005 to December 2005. One hundred patients of stroke with cerebral infarction confirmed on C.T. scan brain and more than twenty years of age were included. Risk factors for ...

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BACKGROUND Stroke is rapidly developing phenomena of symptoms and signs of focal, and at times global, loss of cerebral function with no apparent cause other than that of vascular origin. The objective was to know the frequency of cerebral infarction and haemorrhage in one hundred patients of stroke in a period of one year. METHODS Data was collected by consecutive sampling technique. Total o...

Cognitive impairment is a serious mental deficit following stroke that severely affects the quality of life of stroke survivors. Nuclear factor‑κB (NF-κB)-mediated neuronal cell apoptosis is involved in the development of post-stroke cognitive impairment; therefore, it has become a promising target for the treatment of impaired cognition. Acupuncture at the Baihui (DU20) and Shenting (DU24) acu...

BACKGROUND Swallowing dysfunction is common and disabling after acute stroke; however, the mechanism of dysphagia or recovery of swallowing from dysphagia remains uncertain. The purpose of this study was to explore cerebral activation of swallowing in dysphagia using functional MRI (fMRI) to compare the functional anatomy of swallowing in unilateral hemispheric stroke patients and healthy adult...

Background Thromboembolic complication is directly related to CHA2DS2-VASc score in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF). In this study we compared the CHA2DS2-VASc score and in-hospital mortality between NVAF patients with non-cerebral thromboembolism and those with stroke. Methods We retrospectively reviewed medical records of 213 patients with NVAF who experienced stroke a...

SEVERAL RECENT REPORTS, including the one by Scharf et al. in this issue, have firmly established the association of mitral valve prolapse (MVP) and cerebral infarction, especially in young adults with unexplained stroke (table 1). It is not surprising that this association is more difficult to demonstrate in older stroke patients, in whom atheroembolic mechanisms predominate. Assuming that the...

Intracranial pressure (ICP) is a dynamic and fluctuating within the cranial vault influenced by cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), brain tissue, blood. Any increase in volume of its contents will vault. As response to ICP, compensation begins movement CSF from ventricle cerebral subarachnoid space increases absorption. Increased ICP state neurological emergency caused various injuries. It associated wi...