Mediators of Inflammation
Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 15929, 5 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2007/15929
The Serum High-Sensitive C Reactive Protein and Homocysteine Levels to Evaluate the Prognosis of Acute Ischemic Stroke
1Department of Neurology, Medical Faculty, Firat University, Elazig 23119, Turkey
2Department of Immunology, Medical Faculty, Firat University, Elazig 23119, Turkey
3Department of Cardiology, Erzurum Informary Hospital, Erzurum 25100, Turkey
Received 14 December 2006; Accepted 8 February 2007
Copyright © 2007 Tahir Yoldas et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Ischemic stroke is one of the most common causes of death worldwide
and is most often caused by thrombotic processes. We investigated the changes in
hsCRP and homocysteine levels, two of these risk factors, during the acute period
of ischemic stroke and evaluated the relationship between these levels and
the short-term prognosis. HsCRP and homocysteine levels were measured at
the 2nd, 5th, and 10th days in forty patients admitted within second of an ischemic
stroke. The clinical status of the patients
was simultaneously evaluated with the Scandinavian stroke scale. The results were
compared with 40 healthy control subjects whose age and sex were matched with
the patients. The mean hsCRP levels of the patients were