Patients
infarction lesions, Stroke
EMERGENCY, STROKE
We recruited patients aged 18 years or older who were admitted to the Emergency Department of our hospital from October 2016 to December 2019. Computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the head was used to confirm the new focal infarction lesions within 72 h after the onset. Their National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) scores at registration were 0–10. We excluded patients with intravenous thrombolysis/arterial thrombectomy or anticoagulation treatments, patients undergoing menstruation or pregnancy, and patients preparing for pregnancy within 3 months. In total, 331 patients with AIS met the above criteria, including 204 patients in the control group and 127 patients in the study group according to the therapy regimens. The Medical Ethics Committee of the China Rehabilitation Research Center approved this study (Ethics approval number: 2018–022-1). All patients provided written 