Background and Purpose—Total homocysteine (tHcy) levels are associated with secondary
vascular events and mortality after stroke. The aim of this study was to investigate whether …

Background and Purpose—Total homocysteine level (tHcy) is a risk factor of ischemic stroke
(IS) and coronary heart disease. However, the results are conflicting and mainly focused on …

Background and Purpose—Emerging work has linked menopausal vasomotor symptoms
(VMS) to subclinical cardiovascular disease (CVD) among women. However, VMS are …

Background and Purpose—A promising method for identifying hemodynamic impairment
that may serve as a biomarker for stroke risk in patients with intracranial stenosis is …

Cirrhotic heart has been traditionally considered protected from cardiovascular disease,
even if a large amount of literature has recently shown that patients affected by chronic liver …

Introduction Carotid artery dissection is an important cause of ischemic stroke in all age
groups, particularly in young patients. The purpose of this work was to assess whether there …

Extracranial internal carotid artery (EICA) kinking and coiling are the most frequently
reported carotid anomalies in the literature. Embryogenic and acquired causes for such …

Atherosclerotic intracranial internal carotid artery stenosis (IICAS) is a leading cause of
strokes. Due to the limitations of major cerebral imaging techniques, the early diagnosis of …

Background and Purpose—Arterial stiffness, a risk factor of brain small vessel diseases
(SVD), causes hemodynamic changes. Mechanical stresses, circumferential wall tension …

Background Intracranial stenosis (ICS) is a major determinant of ischemic stroke in Asians.
We determined the clinical significance of different risk factors and the role of ICS in …