Low Body Mass Index is a Poor Prognosis Factor in Cardioembolic Stroke Patients with NonValvular Atrial Fibrillation.

Background: The relationship between body mass index (BMI) and the severity of cardioembolic stroke (CES) remains poorly understood.

Method: A total of 419 consecutive CES patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF), and with a modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score of 0 or 1 before onset admitted within 48hours after onset to the Hirosaki Stroke and Rehabilitation Center were studied. The patients were divided into three groups, low BMI (L-BMI; n = 36, BMI < 18.

Impact of Atrial Natriuretic Peptide Value for Predicting Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation in Ischemic Stroke Patients.

Introduction: The impact of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) value for predicting paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (pAF) in ischemic stroke patients remains uncertain.

Methods: The consecutive 222 ischemic stroke patients (median 77 [IQR 68-83] years old, 93 females) within 48 hours after onset were retrospectively studied. Plasma ANP and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels were simultaneously measured at admission.

Concomitant Intracranial Chronic Subdural Hematoma and Spinal Subdural Hematoma: A Case Report and Literature Review.

Background: Concomitant intracranial chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH) and spinal subdural hematoma (SDH) are rare, and the etiology has yet to be elucidated. However, migration of the hematoma intracranially to a spinal site or coincidence of both intracranial and spinal CSDHs have been proposed as etiologies. We report a case of concomitant intracranial CSDH and spinal SDH in which spinal hematoma might have migrated from the cranial lesion.

Impact of Sex Difference on Severity and Functional Outcome in Patients with Cardioembolic Stroke.

Introduction: Female sex is a risk factor for thromboembolic events in Caucasian, but not in Japanese, patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation. However, it remains unclear whether the female sex is also a risk factor for severe stroke and unfavorable functional outcome in patients with cardioembolic (CE) stroke.

Methods: Three hundred fifty-five consecutive patients with CE stroke within 48 hours after onset and with a modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score of 1 or lower before onset were studied.

Characteristics of intracerebral hemorrhage during rivaroxaban treatment: comparison with those during warfarin.

Background And Purpose: Neuroradiological characteristics and functional outcomes of patients with intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) during novel oral anticoagulant treatment were not well defined. We examined these in comparison with those during warfarin treatment.

Methods: The consecutive 585 patients with ICH admitted from April 2011 through October 2013 were retrospectively studied.

Effects of a breeding scheme combined by genomic pre-selection and progeny testing on annual genetic gain in a dairy cattle population.

The effectiveness of the incorporation of genomic pre-selection into dairy cattle progeny testing (GS-PT) was compared with that of progeny testing (PT) where the fraction of dam to breed bull (DB) selected was 0.01. When the fraction of sires to breed bulls (SB) selected without being progeny tested to produce young bulls (YB) in the next generation was 0.

Spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma with hemiparesis mimicking acute cerebral infarction: two case reports.

Context: Acute hemiparesis is a common initial presentation of ischemic stroke. Although hemiparesis due to spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma (SSEH) is an uncommon symptom, a few cases have been reported and misdiagnosed as cerebral infarction.

Design: Case reports of SSEH with acute hemiparesis.

Surgical treatment of sacral perineural cyst--case report.

A 67-year-old man presented with persistent penis and scrotum pain due to S-2 and S-3 radiculopathy caused by a sacral perineural cyst. The cyst was treated with microsurgical partial cyst removal and cyst wall imbrication, together with closure of the point through which cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flowed from the subarachnoid space into the cyst cavity. His pain resolved without recurrence of the cyst or complications.