Endovascular stenting for idiopathic intracranial hypertension with venous sinus stenosis.

Objectives: Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is characterized by elevated intracranial pressure of unknown etiology and venous sinus stenting may be an optional treatment. We aimed to evaluate the effects of venous sinus stenting on visual function, intracranial pressure, and trans-stenotic pressure gradient of the patients with IIH and to determine effects of baseline BMI or weight changes on subjective vision outcome and intracranial pressure.

Methods: From July 2009 to Aug 2016, 88 eligible patients with IIH and venous sinus stenosis who underwent stenting were retrospectively studied.

Leukoencephalopathy with calcifications and cysts: A case report.

Rationale: Leukoencephalopathy with calcifications and cysts (LCC) is an uncommon entity characterized by edematous leukoencephalopathy, cerebral calcifications, and parenchymal cysts. Due to its rarity, the clinical, radiological, and histopathological features have yet to be well elucidated.

Patient Concerns: The first case is a 35-year-old female who was asymptomatic.

The role of actin depolymerizing factor in advanced glycation endproducts-induced impairment in mouse brain microvascular endothelial cells.

Endothelial dysfunction is one of the most important pathological events during the development of several diabetic complications including stroke. The aim of this work was to investigate the role of actin depolymerizing factor (ADF) in advanced glycation endproducts (AGEs)-induced impairment in mouse brain microvascular endothelial cells (MBMECs). Incubation of MBMECs with AGEs led to downregulation of expression of ADF, which was reversed by treatment with soluble receptor of AGEs or tempol (an antioxidant).

Headache improvement after intracranial endovascular procedures in Chinese patients with unruptured intracranial aneurysm: A prospective observational study.

The aim of this study was to investigate whether there is a long-term improvement in headache of patients with unruptured intracranial aneurysms (UIAs) treated with intracranial endovascular procedures.Using a prospective design, consecutive patients with UIAs with neuroendovascular treatment from January 2014 to December 2014 were asked to participate. Headache outcomes were established before aneurysm treatment and for 6 months following treatment.

Characteristics of Headache After an Intracranial Endovascular Procedure: A Prospective Observational Study.

Background: Two editions of the International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD) diagnostic criteria for "Headache attributed to an intracranial endovascular procedure" have been published, in 2004 and 2013. Despite studies that have suggested that the former is not very practical, the ICHD-3 beta did not contain major changes. Moreover, so far no consensus exists regarding characteristics of headache after intracranial endovascular procedure.

Medication-overuse headache in China: clinical profile, and an evaluation of the ICHD-3 beta diagnostic criteria.

Background: Although medication-overuse headache (MOH) is common in China, its clinical profile is not yet fully established. Meanwhile, ICHD-3 beta has been published, but its diagnostic criteria require further validation.

Methods: We retrospectively classified the clinical features of 240 consecutive patients with MOH (55 males, 185 females), whose demographic data, headache features, overused medications (type, quantity, frequency and duration of use), headache-attributed burden, and outcomes were reviewed.

Association between endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene polymorphism (T-786C) and ischemic stroke susceptibility: a meta-analysis.

Background: The endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) T-786C polymorphism has been implicated in a number of studies investigating ischemic stroke (IS), yet previously published studies showed inconsistent results that recent meta-analyses have not resolved.

Methods: In the comprehensive meta-analysis of 12 association studies involving 2836 IS cases and 3354 control subjects, we used a more stringent inclusion method and summarized data on the association of eNOS T-786C polymorphism and IS susceptibility.

Results: We found a significantly lowered IS risk under the CC vs.

Clinical profile of cluster headaches in China - a clinic-based study.

Background: The clinical profile of cluster headache in Chinese patients have not been fully studied.

Methods: The classification and clinical features of 120 consecutive patients with cluster headache (105 males, 15 females; mean age, 34.9 ± 10.

Application of ICHD-II criteria in a headache clinic of China.

Background: China has the huge map and the largest population in the world. Previous studies on the prevalence and classification of headaches were conducted based on the general population, however, similar studies among the Chinese outpatient population are scarce. This study aimed to analyze the characteristics of 1843 headache patients enrolled in a North China headache clinic of the General Hospital for Chinese People's Liberation Army from October 2011 to May 2012, with the International Classification of Headache Disorders, 2nd Edition (ICHD-II).