background: some studies  in recent  years showed  that carotid  intima-media   thickness  (imt),  indicator  of  the presence  of atherosclerosis,  was higher  in non-alcoholic fatty  liver disease  (nafld)  in comparison  with  normal subjects.  they concluded  that  nafld  patients  may  be resulted  in more cardiovascular events. hence, we aimed to study the association of nafld and ischemi...

objective(s):biochemical markers are important for the timely diagnosis and follow-up of ischemic events. most of the markers have been previously studied in the context of cardiac ischemia. however, research on markers of non-cardiac events has been insufficient. therefore, we investigated the relationship between troponin and myoglobin which are commonly used markers of cardiac ischemia, in n...

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...

BACKGROUND Stent-assisted coil embolization is effective for intracranial aneurysms, especially wide-necked aneurysms; however, the optimal antiplatelet regimens for ischemic events that develop after coil embolization have not yet been established. We aimed to determine the onset time of such postoperative ischemic events and the relationship between these events and antiplatelet therapy. ME...

BACKGROUND Apolipoprotein B (apoB) levels predict fatal myocardial infarction. Whether apoB also predicts nonfatal ischemic cardiovascular events is unclear. We tested the following hypotheses: apoB predicts ischemic cardiovascular events, and apoB is a better predictor of ischemic cardiovascular events than low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. METHODS AND RESULTS We studied 9231 asymptomatic...

Platelet activation and aggregation, as well as thrombosis, play an important role in the pathological and physiological processes of recurrent ischemic vascular events in stroke patients. The purpose of this study is to investigate the correlation of platelet function and recurrent ischemic vascular events in the secondary prevention of stroke. A total of 350 stroke patients within 72 h of ons...

OBJECTIVE To determine optimal intensity of international normalized ratio (INR) of warfarin therapy for the prevention of ischemic events in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF), we evaluated the risk of severe recurrent stroke, systemic embolism and major hemorrhagic complications according to INR and age. METHODS We carried out the National Cardiovascular Center (NCVC) NVA...