Zhu, Kun
Qu, Hang
Zhou, Yi
Funding for this research was provided by:
2024 Yangzhou City Science and Technology Program (YZ2024128)
General Program of the Jiangsu Provincial Young Talents; and the Jiangsu Stroke Association (JSSA2025YB05)
Article History
Received: 16 December 2025
Accepted: 26 March 2026
First Online: 8 April 2026
Declarations
:
: This multi-center, retrospective study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the Ethics Committee of the Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University (Approval No.: 2022-YKL8-[Study 02]). The requirement for informed consent was waived by the ethics committee due to the retrospective nature of the analysis. The study protocol was registered with the Chinese Clinical Trial Registry under the registration number ChiCTR2300077776 (Retrospectively registered).
: The authors declare no competing interests.