2021
Black Patients with Ischemic Stroke and Hyperglycemia have Worse outcome than Whites if given Intensive Glucose Control
de Havenon A, Muddasani V, Castillo M, Sheth KN, Delic A, Herman A, Conaway M, Johnston KC, Investigators F. Black Patients with Ischemic Stroke and Hyperglycemia have Worse outcome than Whites if given Intensive Glucose Control. Journal Of Stroke And Cerebrovascular Diseases 2021, 30: 106065. PMID: 34455151, PMCID: PMC8511272, DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2021.106065.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntensive glucose controlAcute ischemic strokeWorse functional outcomeBlack patientsGlucose controlIschemic strokeWhite patientsExcellent outcomesFunctional outcomeTreatment armsWorse outcomesAcute ischemic stroke patientsStroke Hyperglycemia Insulin Network Effort (SHINE) trialIntensive treatment armStandard treatment armIschemic stroke patientsExcellent functional outcomeMixed effects logistic regression modelsLogistic regression modelsPrimary outcomeStroke patientsPotential confoundersOdds ratioFunctional impairmentPatients
2020
The Effect of Hyperglycemia on Infarct Growth after Reperfusion: An Analysis of the DEFUSE 3 trial
Yaghi S, Dehkharghani S, Raz E, Jayaraman M, Tanweer O, Grory BM, Henninger N, Lansberg MG, Albers GW, Havenon A. The Effect of Hyperglycemia on Infarct Growth after Reperfusion: An Analysis of the DEFUSE 3 trial. Journal Of Stroke And Cerebrovascular Diseases 2020, 30: 105380. PMID: 33166769, PMCID: PMC7736545, DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2020.105380.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDEFUSE-3 trialsBaseline glucose levelsInfarct growthGlucose levelsPrimary outcomeAcute ischemic stroke patientsAggressive glycemic controlDEFUSE 3 patientsIschemic core volumePotential neuroprotective benefitsIschemic stroke patientsGood functional outcomeLarge vessel occlusionEffects of hyperglycemiaSuccessful endovascular reperfusionAdmission glucoseInfarction growthEndovascular reperfusionSuccessful reperfusionTICI 2bIschemic strokeNeuroprotective benefitsEndovascular therapyGlycemic controlStroke patients