[The Efficacy of Soluble Fibrin Monomer Complex (SFMC) for Diagnosis of Aortic Dissection (AD)].

Background: Some biomarkers are helpful for AD diagnosis. Although many studies on efficacy of D-dimer have been reported, there are few reports about SFMC. Therefore we conducted a retrospective comparative study of efficacy of SFMC and D-dimer for diagnosis of AD.

[Subtypes of acute ischemic stroke and neurological prognosis].

Background: TOAST diagnosis is used in acute ischemic stroke. There is no evidence about the relationship between stroke subtypes classified by TOAST diagnosis and prognosis. We investigated prognosis of cardioembolic stroke (CE) and atherothrombotic stroke (AT) after intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA), to clarify relationship between stroke subtypes and prognosis.