aStudent Research Committee

bDepartment of Neuroimmunology

cDepartment of Interventional neurology

dDepartment of Social Medicine, School of Medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran

Correspondence to Masoud Ghiasian, Department of neuroimmunology, School of Medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Shahid Fahmideh Ave, 6517838695 Hamadan, Iran. Tel: +989163189645; e-mail: [email protected]

Abbreviations: ACA, anterior cerebral artery; AF, atrial fibrillation; BP, blood pressure; HTN, hypertension; IVH, intra-ventricular hemorrhages; MCA, middle cerebral artery; mRS, modified Rankin Scale; PCA, posterior cerebral artery; SAH, sub-arachnoid hemorrhage; SD, standard deviation

Received 18 February, 2022

Revised 24 November, 2022

Accepted 30 November, 2022