Although peripheral artery disease (PAD) primarily affects large arteries outside the brain,
PAD is also associated with elevated cerebral vulnerabilities, including greater risks for …

Cerebral ischemia and stroke are increasing in prevalence and are among the leading
causes of morbidity and mortality in both developed and developing countries. Despite the …

Objective: To investigate the efficacy of recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA)
intravenous thrombolysis in combination with mild hypothermia therapy in the treatment of …

Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the prognostic value of interarm
difference of blood pressure (IAD) measured in acute ischemic stroke and to investigate its …

Objectives Remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC) is a powerful endogenous mechanism
whereby a brief period of ischemia is capable of protecting remote tissues from subsequent …

Introduction Xueshuantong injection (XST), a Chinese Medicine, is clinically effective in
treating acute cerebral infarction (ACI). However, the meta-analysis of XST combined with …

Injury to the triangular fibrocartilage complex (TFCC) is one of the most common
complications following a fracture of the distal radius. In this study, an examination of TFCC …

Objective Many studies have evaluated the association between a low ankle-brachial index
(ABI) and the risk of stroke events; however, their results are inconsistent. The aim of the …

Background and purpose Ankle‐brachial blood pressure index (ABI) is a clinical tool to
identify the presence of peripheral artery disease. There is a scarcity of data associating ABI …

Aim: Both the ankle brachial index (ABI) and brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV)
are surrogates for atherosclerosis. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the ability of ABI and …