2021
The association between transthoracic echocardiogram parameters and white matter hyperintensities
Navarro KS, Wong KH, Ibrahim MM, de Havenon AH, Goldstein ED. The association between transthoracic echocardiogram parameters and white matter hyperintensities. Clinical Neurology And Neurosurgery 2021, 206: 106672. PMID: 33979694, DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2021.106672.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMagnetic resonance imagingBrain magnetic resonance imagingCerebral small vessel diseaseVentricular ejection fractionCardiac chamber sizeTransthoracic echocardiogramFazekas scoreEjection fractionAtrial areaTricuspid annular plane systolic excursionAnnular plane systolic excursionRight ventricular ejection fractionRight ventricular internal diameterRetrospective chart reviewRight atrial areaSmall vessel diseaseVentricular internal diameterMultivariate ordinal logistic regression modelWhite matter hyperintensitiesChamber sizeLogistic regression modelsOrdinal logistic regression modelsMore WMHChart reviewSystolic excursion
2015
Ischemic Stroke Patients with Active Malignancy or Extracardiac Shunts Are More Likely to Have a Right-to-Left Shunt Found by TCD Than Echocardiogram
de Havenon A, Moore A, Sultan-Qurraie A, Majersik JJ, Stoddard G, Tirschwell D. Ischemic Stroke Patients with Active Malignancy or Extracardiac Shunts Are More Likely to Have a Right-to-Left Shunt Found by TCD Than Echocardiogram. Translational Stroke Research 2015, 6: 361-364. PMID: 26205844, DOI: 10.1007/s12975-015-0414-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIschemic stroke patientsTranscranial DopplerActive malignancyLeft shuntIschemic strokeExtracardiac shuntsStroke patientsPositive transcranial DopplersRecent ischemic strokePercent of patientsComorbid medical conditionsPatent foramen ovalePulmonary arteriovenous malformationsDetection of rightNegative TTEOccult malignancyTOAST classificationCryptogenic strokeStroke subtypesForamen ovaleStandard workupShunt statusArteriovenous malformationsMedical conditionsPatients