Endovascular Therapy for Progressive Stroke due to Intracranial Atherosclerotic Large Vessel Occlusion Beyond the 24-Hour Time Window: A Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study.

Background: The optimal management for treating progressive strokes caused by anterior circulation intracranial atherosclerotic large vessel occlusion (ICAS-LVO) remains unclear.

Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on our stroke database. Among the patients presenting with mild ischemic stroke (National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale ≤5), 273 were diagnosed with anterior circulation ICAS-LVO.

Endovascular Recanalization in Patients With Vertebral Artery Stump Syndrome: A Single-Center Experience.

Background: To evaluate the feasibility, success rate, and safety of endovascular revascularization of patients with vertebral artery stump syndrome (VASS).

Methods: This single-center retrospective study analyzed clinical and imaging data from consecutive patients with VASS who underwent endovascular recanalization from January 2020 until June 2023.

Results: Our study enrolled 30 patients [mean age 69 (range 51-84) years; 26 men].

Dural arteriovenous fistula presenting with stroke-like symptoms and regional cerebral hyperperfusion: a case report.

Background: Non-hemorrhagic focal neurological deficit is one of the clinical manifestations of intracranial dural arteriovenous fistulas (DAVF). When symptoms appear suddenly, it is difficult to distinguish it from ischemic stroke in certain circumstances, which might easily lead to misdiagnosis. Here, we report a rare case of DAVF with sudden onset sensory aphasia mimicking hyperacute stroke but presented with unexpected regional hyperperfusion on the site corresponding to its symptoms.

Insights into thermal hydrolysis pretreatment temperature for enhancing volatile fatty acids production from sludge fermentation: Performance and mechanism.

To reveal the impact of thermal hydrolysis pretreatment (THP) temperature on the unclear mechanisms of volatile fatty acids (VFAs) production, four groups were established with different temperatures (100, 120, 140 and 160 °C), and high throughput sequencing technology was utilized. The results indicated that the optimal VFAs production occurred at 140 °C. Moreover, as the THP temperature increased, the proportion of acetic acid also increased, accounting for 10.

Feature Selection in High-Dimensional Models via EBIC with Energy Distance Correlation.

In this paper, the LASSO method with extended Bayesian information criteria (EBIC) for feature selection in high-dimensional models is studied. We propose the use of the energy distance correlation in place of the ordinary correlation coefficient to measure the dependence of two variables. The energy distance correlation detects linear and non-linear association between two variables, unlike the ordinary correlation coefficient, which detects only linear association.

Endovascular recanalization of acute ischemic stroke patients exhibiting large vessel occlusion after pulmonary lobectomy: case series.

Objective: We analyzed the outcomes of patients suffering acute ischemic stroke (AIS) with large vessel occlusion (LVO) soon after pulmonary lobectomy.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the clinical records of patients who underwent pulmonary lobectomy to treat primary lung cancer. We retrieved clinical characteristics and the incidence of AIS with LVO.

Hemichorea-hemiballismus as the initial manifestation of symptomatic middle cerebral artery dissection: A case report.

Introduction: Hemichorea-hemiballismus, which spans a spectrum of involuntary, continuous, nonpatterned movement involving one side of the body, can emerge as the initial manifestation of acute ischemic stroke. However, because of its rarity in the community, the diagnosis and treatment are often delayed.

Patient Concerns: We report a unique case of a 47-year-old female who presented with acute onset hemichorea-hemiballismus.

Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome and reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome associated spinal subdural hematoma: A case report.

Rationale: Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) and reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome (RCVS) are separate clinical entities with distinct pathophysiological features. But in some special conditions PRES and RCVS can occur simultaneously.

Patient Concerns: We report the unique case of a 40-year-old female presented with crescendo headache, blurred vision, and recurrent generalized tonic-clonic seizure.

Low Hemoglobin Levels at Admission Are Independently Associated with Cognitive Impairment after Ischemic Stroke: a Multicenter, Population-Based Study.

Data on the association between hemoglobin (Hb) levels and poststroke cognitive function are limited. We investigated the relationship between Hb concentrations at admission and poststroke cognitive function using a multicenter database. In total, 1081 patients were recruited from seven Chinese medical centers within 6 months after experiencing ischemic stroke.

A logistic regression mixture model for interval mapping of genetic trait loci affecting binary phenotypes.

Often in genetic research, presence or absence of a disease is affected by not only the trait locus genotypes but also some covariates. The finite logistic regression mixture models and the methods under the models are developed for detection of a binary trait locus (BTL) through an interval-mapping procedure. The maximum-likelihood estimates (MLEs) of the logistic regression parameters are asymptotically unbiased.