Ischaemic stroke and peripheral artery disease.

Objective: To determine the frequency of atherosclerosis by ankle brachial index in patients with an ischaemic stroke and to assess the association of carotid artery stenosis and ankle brachial index in ischaemic stroke.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted at Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, Karachi, from July 2011 to May 2014, and comprised patients with ischaemic stroke. The patients were classified according to the Asian stroke criteria for classification of brain infarction.

End treatment response and sustained viral response in hepatitis C virus genotype 3 among Pakistani population.

Background And Objectives: This study aimed to determine the end treatment response (ETR) and sustained viral response (SVR) to interferon (IFN) and ribavirin in hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 3 in the Pakistani population.

Design And Settings: This is an interventional study conducted from January 2010 to December 2012 in Lyari General Hospital and Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, Karachi, outpatients department.

Methods: All patients with chronic hepatitis C genotype 3 infections were included.