Arterial Hypertension and Its Consequences Are the Main Predictors of Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source.

Methods: We performed a hospital-based prospective cohort study with 1,317 enrolled participants. We compared patients and healthy volunteers according to the main demographic, anthropometric parameters, stroke risk factors, comorbidities, and data of clinical and instrumental examination. In order to balance the study and the control groups for age and sex, the propensity score matching was performed.

Carotid Dolichoarteriopathy (Elongation) of the Carotid Arteries in Patients with Ischemic Stroke Anamnesis.

Carotid artery elongation (ECA) is widespread in the asymptomatic population and among people with a history of ischemic stroke (IS). There are different points of view on the ways these changes contribute to brain ischemic damage pathogenesis. Materials and Methods: From 2019 to 2021, we included 1171 people who had suffered from IS less than one year before the investigation in the study, 404 (34.

Differences in Dynamics of Lung Computed Tomography Patterns between Survivors and Deceased Adult Patients with COVID-19.

This study's aim was to investigate CT (computed tomography) pattern dynamics differences within surviving and deceased adult patients with COVID-19, revealing new prognostic factors and reproducing already known data with our patients' cohort: 635 hospitalized patients (55.3% of them were men, 44.7%-women), of which 87.

MRI Types of Cerebral Small Vessel Disease and Circulating Markers of Vascular Wall Damage.

The evaluation of the clustering of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) signs into MRI types and their relationship with circulating markers of vascular wall damage were performed in 96 patients with cerebral small vessel disease (cSVD) (31 men and 65 women; mean age, 60.91 ± 6.57 years).

The Predictive Value of Salt Sensitivity and Osmotic Fragility in the Development of Cerebral Small Vessel Disease.

Increased salt intake in food probably affects the progression of cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD), which justifies the study of disturbances in sodium homeostasis associated with the development of CSVD. We aimed to clarify the role of salt sensitivity and osmotic fragility in the development of CSVD. Erythrocyte salt sensitivity was measured using the modified salt blood test, and osmotic fragility was measured using the classic osmotic fragility test in 73 patients with CSVD (48 women; 60.

Tissue Plasminogen Activator and MRI Signs of Cerebral Small Vessel Disease.

Cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) is one of the leading causes of cognitive impairment and stroke. The importance of endothelial dysfunction and high blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeability in pathogenesis, together with ischemia, is under discussion. The aim of this study was to clarify the relationship between tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA), plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI-1), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) signs of SVD.