Poor vitamin D status is a global health problem; insufficiency underpins higher risk of
cancer, neurocognitive decline and all-cause mortality. Most foods contain little vitamin D and …

Background and Purpose— Acceleration of intra-aneurysmal clot organization and fibrosis
may be a solution to preventing aneurysm recanalization after endovascular treatment. The …

Purpose To characterize the relationship between aneurysm size and epidemiologic risk
factors with growth and rupture by using computed tomographic (CT) angiography. Materials …

The persistence of Trypanosoma cruzi tissue forms was detected in the myocardium of
seropositive individuals clinically diagnosed as chronic chagasic patients following …

Importance The global prevalence of myopia is predicted to approach 50% by 2050,
increasing the risk of visual impairment later in life. No pharmacologic therapy is approved for …

A clinical, parasitologic, and serologic study carried out between 1988 and 1996 on 59
acute-phase patients in areas of western Venezuela where Chagas’ disease is endemic showed …

Object The goal in this study was to create an index (vasospasm probability index [VPI]) to
improve diagnostic accuracy for vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Methods …

OBJECTIVE: Giant intracranial aneurysms present unique therapeutic intricacies. The
purpose of this study was to evaluate the anatomic and hemodynamic characteristics of these …

BACKGROUND: Several forms of indirect cerebral revascularization have been proposed to
promote neovascularity to the ischemic brain. OBJECTIVE: To present clinical and …

When considered as an independent diagnosis separate from other cardiovascular diseases,
stroke is the third leading cause of death in developed nations and a leading cause of long…