To study the effect and mechanism of electroacupuncture at "Baihui, Yintang and Shuigou" acupoints on learning and memory in Post-Stroke Cognitive Impairment (PSCI) mice.52 male C57BL/6 mice...
Low-risk venous thromboembolism (VTE) patients are advised to be discharged from the emergency department (ED) on direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) treatment. There is no data on whether th...
To investigate predictors indicating the continuous need for a knee-ankle-foot orthosis (KAFO) at 1 month after stroke onset in patients who cannot walk without a KAFO in the acute period.We...
Transcatheter aortic valve replacements have become a good option for patients with aortic valve disease and high surgical risk. Thromboembolism is reported as a relatively common complicati...
Calcific aortic stenosis is the principal indication for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). Comorbid mitral annular calcification (MAC) is often present in patients undergoing TA...
Isolated middle cerebral artery dissection (MCAD) is rare but increasingly recognized as a significant clinical entity, particularly in younger adults. Ischemic stroke is the most common man...
To compare the accuracy of subjective Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score (sASPECTS) evaluation and that of an automated prototype software (aASPECTS) on nonenhanced CT (NECT) in patients ...
The case is an 88-year-old, woman, formerly a successful surgeon for decades, with Wernicke's aphasia due to dominant insular stroke. Our evaluation explored her deficits in the context of t...
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common arrhythmia that requires anticoagulation therapy to prevent stroke. However, there is still a significant under-/over-treatment in stroke prevention for ...
Inflammation is triggered by various intrinsic and extrinsic stimuli as a protective machinery to maintain homeostasis in the human body. Usually, it is magnified in intensity initially and ...
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Vascular endothelial function is challenged during cerebral ischemia and reperfusion. The endothelial responses are involved in inflammatory leukocyte attraction, adhesion and infiltration, ...
Approximately 20% of patients with acute brain injury (ABI) also experience acute kidney injury (AKI), which worsens their outcomes. The metabolic and inflammatory changes associated with AK...
People with aphasia are vulnerable recipients of healthcare. The nature of the communicative environment and the communication disability can adversely impact access to timely and quality he...
Left atrial (LA) myopathy, characterized by LA enlargement and mechanical dysfunction, is associated with worse prognosis in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) while the impact of sarcomere m...
Cortical superficial siderosis (cSS) has recently emerged as one of the most important predictors of symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage and is a risk factor for post-stroke dementia in cer...
An established treatment strategy for asymptomatic pulmonary embolism (PE) or deep vein thrombosis (DVT) remains uncertain in Japan; therefore, in this study, we clarify the characteristics ...
To investigate the trends in antiseizure medications (ASM) use following ischaemic stroke and to examine factors associated with use of newer- and older-generation ASMs.A retrospective cohor...
Eleutherococcus senticosus (Rupr. & Maxim.) Maxim. leaves (ESL) are widely used to treat ischemic stroke (IS); however, the specific mechanism remains unclear. The microbiota-gut-brain a...
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) accelerates atherosclerosis, but the mechanisms remain unclear. Tyrosine sulfation has been recognized as a key post-translational modification (PTM) in regulati...
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) accelerates atherosclerosis, but the mechanisms remain unclear. Tyrosine sulfation has been recognized as a key post-translational modification (PTM) in regulati...
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