Abstract Objective: This research was conducted to discuss the recent prognosis of patients with acute cerebral infarction (ACI) combined cerebral-cardiac syndrome (CCS). Method: Eighty-seven ACI were selected, which divided into group (52 patients) and CCS (35 according whether combined, another 30 health controls selected as control group. Serum hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-1α vascular endo...

Background: Several study showed that granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) may improve prognosis of patients with cerebral infarction (CI), but information is limited concerning dosing regimen, timing of administration and safety. Objective: To explore the efficacy, safety, and impact on cerebral blood perfusion of G-CSF in the treatment of CI. Methods: This was a prospective, randomiz...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Collateral flow plays an important role in maintaining tissue viability in proximal large vessel occlusion. We developed and tested a regional angiographic collateral grading system for patients with angiographically confirmed acute symptomatic middle cerebral artery occlusion to predict regional infarction. METHODS A subset of 42 patients was selected from 180 patients...

BACKGROUND Length of stay (LOS) is one of the most important quantitative indexes that measures health service utilization within a hospital. Many studies have examined the association of three major stroke categories with LOS. Our aim is to investigate the differences of LOS among ischemic stroke subtypes, results from which are helpful to healthcare providers and government agencies to improv...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Pathological patterns of stroke are different in various races, with the predominant stroke type in the Chinese being intracerebral hemorrhage. A total of 31,078 deaths from cerebral infarction and 77,773 deaths from cerebral hemorrhage in Taiwan were reported for groups of subjects aged 40-79 years during the period 1974-1988 to elucidate their secular trends. METHODS ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Population-based stroke incidence studies are the only accurate way to determine the number of strokes that occur in a given society. Because the major stroke subtypes have different patterns of incidence and outcome, information on the natural history of stroke subtypes is essential. The purpose of the present study was to determine the incidence and case-fatality rate o...

Background and Purpose—Population-based stroke incidence studies are the only accurate way to determine the number of strokes that occur in a given society. Because the major stroke subtypes have different patterns of incidence and outcome, information on the natural history of stroke subtypes is essential. The purpose of the present study was to determine the incidence and case-fatality rate o...

BACKGROUND To determine whether the levels of b2-glycoprotein I (b2-GPI)/oxidized low-density lipoprotein (oxLDL) complexes are correlated with cerebral infarction in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). MATERIAL AND METHODS The levels of β2-GPI/oxLDL complexes, oxLDL, routine lipid/lipoprotein parameters, oxidative stress molecules, and inflammatory factors were measured in 78 health...

BACKGROUND The present study was designed to find the differences in regional cerebral blood flow and cerebrovascular acetazolamide reactivity between leuko-araiosis with and without lacunar infarction. METHODS Fifteen cases of leuko-araiosis with lacunar infarction, 15 cases of leuko-araiosis without lacunar infarction and 15 age-matched controls in which leuko-araiosis and cerebrovascular d...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Rat models of photochemically induced cerebral infarction have been readily studied, but to date there are no reports of transcranial photochemically induced infarctions in the marmoset. In this report, we used this non-human primate as a model of cerebral thrombosis and observed the recovery process. METHODS Five common marmosets were used. Cerebral ischemia was produc...