Baseline demographic and clinical data, including age, sex, medical history, blood pressure, serum glucose, and treatment with intravenous thrombolysis were all prospectively collected. The stroke severity was evaluated with the NIHSS score (range from 0 to 42) score at their admission by a stroke neurologist. In this study, ischemic stroke was classified into 3 subtypes according to the TOAST criteria: large artery atherosclerosis (LAA), cardiogenic embolism (CE), and other causes.
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