Neurology
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

This Article
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Correspondence:
Submit a response
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when Correspondence are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Right arrow Citation Map
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Chen, P. L.
Right arrow Articles by Hsu, H. Y.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Chen, P. L.
Right arrow Articles by Hsu, H. Y.
Related Collections
Right arrow Ultrasound
Right arrow All Cerebrovascular disease/Stroke
Right arrow Infarction
NEUROLOGY 2006;67:1056-1058
© 2006 American Academy of Neurology
Brief Communications

Changes of brachial flow-mediated vasodilation in different ischemic stroke subtypes

P. L. Chen, MD, P. Y. Wang, MD, W. H. Sheu, PhD, Y. T. Chen, MD, Y. P. Ho, BS, H. H. Hu, MD and H. Y. Hsu, PhD

From the Section of Neurology (P.L.C., P.Y.W., Y.P.H., H.Y.H.), Section of Metabolism and Endocrinology (W.H.S.), and Section of Cardiology (Y.T.C.), Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, R.O.C.; School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, and Chung-Shan University, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C. (P.L.C., P.Y.W., W.H.S., Y.T.C., H.H.H., H.Y.H.); and Institute of Neurology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C. (H.H.H.).

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Hung-Yi Hsu, Section of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, 160, Sec. 3, Taichung-Kang Rd., Taichung 407, Taiwan, R.O.C.; e-mail: 2941{at}vghtc.gov.tw

The relationship between endothelial dysfunction and stroke subtypes is unclear. We prospectively measured brachial flow-mediated vasodilation (FMD) in 143 patients with acute ischemic stroke and 40 controls. The overall stroke patients had impaired FMD, but only lacunar infarction had significantly impaired FMD vs the controls. Impaired FMD was an independent predictor for lacunar infarction. Ischemic stroke is associated with endothelial dysfunction, which is more conspicuous in lacunar infarction.

This study was supported in part by grants from the Taichung Veterans General Hospital Research Program (TCVGH-940104C and TCVGH-943403B), Taichung, Taiwan.

Disclosure: The authors report no conflicts of interest.

Received October 24, 2005. Accepted in final form May 24, 2006.




This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 StrokeHome page
J. M. Wardlaw, A. Farrall, P. A. Armitage, T. Carpenter, F. Chappell, F. Doubal, D. Chowdhury, V. Cvoro, and M. S. Dennis
Changes in Background Blood-Brain Barrier Integrity Between Lacunar and Cortical Ischemic Stroke Subtypes
Stroke, April 1, 2008; 39(4): 1327 - 1332.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright © 2006 by AAN Enterprises, Inc.