BACKGROUND
Stroke is a leading cause of death around the world. Improving the quality of stroke care is a global priority, despite the diverse healthcare economies across nations. The American Heart… (More)
To explore environmental risk factors for Parkinson's disease (PD) in Taiwan, we investigated 120 patients with PD and 240 hospital control subjects matched with patients on age (+/-2 years) and sex.… (More)
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Accelerometers are a unique tool used to objectively measure free-living physical activity, but their reliability for people with stroke has not been established. The primary… (More)
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
To better understand the clinical pattern and further elucidate the risk factors and outcome in different subtypes of cerebral infarction (CI) of the Chinese in Taiwan, we… (More)
BACKGROUND
Long-term exposure to ingested arsenic has been documented to induce peripheral vascular disease, ischemic heart disease, and cerebral infarction in a dose-response relationship. This… (More)
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Few studies have evaluated the long-term health impact of stroke as categorized into different subtypes. The aim of this study is to quantify the loss of quality-adjusted life… (More)
The phenotype and genotype of cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy and subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL) in Caucasians have been well characterized, but CADASIL is less… (More)
OBJECTIVE
To validate carotid duplex sonography (CDS) in diagnosis of intracranial dural arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) against the standard of cerebral catheter angiography.
METHODS
We investigated… (More)
BACKGROUND
Pregnancy is a known risk factor for stroke, but relatively few studies have been conducted in Asian populations to document the risk. This study aimed to analyze the incidence and… (More)
Distinguishing stenosis and hypoplasia of the extracranial vertebral artery (VA) is clinically important, but there is no agreement in defining VA hypoplasia. We endeavored to attain reference values… (More)