background: changes in the lipid profile have been suggested as a risk factor for developing ischemic stroke. their role in intra-cerebral hemorrhage, however, is not clear. the present study was designed to evaluate the lipid profile levels of patients who had experienced an acute stroke during the first 24-hour and to compare these levels in different patients suffering from the stroke, eithe...

Ischemic stroke accounts for about 87 percent of all cases. It occurs as a result of an obstruction within a vessel of the brain and sudden loss of blood circulation to the corresponding area resulting in the loss of brain function. It is caused by thrombotic or embolic occlusion of an artery and is more common than hemorrhagic stroke. We know that most of the injuries after an acute ischemic s...

background: stroke is a heterogeneous disease with several risk factors. high sensitivity c-reactive protein (hscrp) is a marker for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. recent studies have shown that high hscrp level is a risk factor for ischemic stroke. the objective of our study was to investigate the association of high hscrp (> 3 mg/l) levels with ischemic stroke and its subtypes i...

Background: Previous studies show that serum level of uric acid is significantly correlated with mortality and functional outcome in patients with ischemic stroke and according to some other studies, ischemic stroke is associated with stenosis of some stenoisis of somespecific brain vessels. The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency of hyperuricemia and its associa...

Objective: To evaluate low-molecular-weight (LMW) DNA as possible prognostic biomarker in acute ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke. Methods:  LMW DNA samples were isolated from plasma and cerebrospinal fluid by phenol deproteinization, analyzed by gradient polyacrylamide electrophoresis and quantified by spectrophotometry. Results: Two common types of the stroke, ischemic and hemorrhagic, differ...

a number of evidences suggest that during ischemic stroke, serum iron and hemoglobin (hb) levels are changed. yet, there are few reports in the literature related to this issue and resolution of this mechanism requires further experiments. the aim of the present study was to investigate the potential role of serum iron and hemoglobin levels as a  biomarker in diagnosis of acute ischemic stroke....

aluminum phosphide (alp) is a solid fumigant which is widely used for a suicide attempt in iran. although neurologic symptoms are commonly reported, cerebrovascular stenosis is rare in alp poisoning. we described ischemic stroke as a delayed complication of alp intoxication. a 30-year-old man was admitted because of sudden onset left side hemiplegia, 11 days after intentional ingestion of three...

Myxoma may cause systemic embolization and frequently presents as ischemic stroke. There has been debates whether it is safe to use recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA) in patients with cardiac myxoma who are presented with ischemic stroke at emergency department. we describe a young case of atrial myxoma with initial presentation of acute cerebral infarction symptoms who was treate...

background: interleukin-6 (il-6) is one of the inflammatory mediators characterized by elevated levels in ischemic stroke (is) patients. the present study set out to assess the role of il-6, as a marker for inflammation, in the severity and prognosis of acute is. methods: in a cross-sectional descriptive study, 45 patients with acute is were selected. patients with their first day of stroke wer...