Maria Chondrogianni, Vaia Lambadiari, Aristeidis H Katsanos, Maria Ioanna Stefanou, Lina Palaiodimou, Alexandros Stavros Triantafyllou, Georgios Karagiannis, Vasileios Konstantakos, Michael Ioakeimidis, Sokratis Triantafyllou, Christina Zompola, Chryssa Liantinioti, Alexandra Pappa, Ioannis Rizos, Konstantinos Voumvourakis, Georgios Tsivgoulis, Eleni Boutati
Mounting evidence indicates an association between adipokines and inflammation-related atherosclerosis. Here, we sought to investigate the association of vaspin and omentin with clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with acute cerebral ischemia (ACI). Consecutive ACI patients were evaluated within 24 h from symptom-onset. Stroke aetiology was classified using TOAST criteria. Adipokines were assayed using quantikine enzyme immunoassay commercially available kits. Stroke severity was assessed by NIHSS-score, and ipsilateral carotid stenosis (≥50% by NASCET criteria) by ultrasound and CT/MR angiography...
December 11, 2021: Journal of Clinical Medicine