The etiologies of post-stroke depression: Different between lacunar stroke and non-lacunar stroke.

Objectives: Depression is common after both lacunar stroke and non-lacunar stroke and might be associated with lesion locations as proven by some studies. This study aimed to identify whether lesion location was critical for depression after both lacunar and non-lacunar strokes.

Methods: A cohort of ischemic stroke patients was assigned to either a lacunar stroke group or a non-lacunar stroke group after a brain MRI scan.

Statin Pretreatment Might Be Associated with Decreased Myocardial Injury After Ischemic Stroke.

Background: Myocardial injury is a complication of stroke associated with unfavorable outcome, with the elevation of cardiac troponin as the most sensitive marker. In this study, we aimed at investigating the association between statin pretreatment and poststroke myocardial injury.

Methods: Six hundred seventy-one patients diagnosed as acute ischemic stroke were enrolled.