International angiology : a journal of the International Union of Angiology
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Data on the association between brachial artery flow-mediated dilatation (FMD) and common carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) are contrasting. The present study investigated the relationship between FMD and IMT and carotid atherosclerosis in never treated subjects. ⋯ The present findings indicate that, in never treated subjects, FMD is not strictly associated with IMT or atherosclerosis of the carotid arteries.
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A classification of ischemic stroke subtypes tailored for individual patients is hard to achieve. In 1993, the Trial of Org 10172 in Acute Stroke Treatment (TOAST) group developed a new system to classify the subtypes of ischemic stroke. In our study we applied the TOAST classification to a group of consecutive patients affected by ischemic stroke, to evaluate outcome and factors associated to each stroke subtype. ⋯ The TOAST classification is useful in the clinical setting because it identifies ischemic stroke subtypes with different prognosis and with a different profile of associated factors.