Cardioembolic Stroke Risk and Recovery After Anticoagulation-Related Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Murphy MP, Kuramatsu JB, Leasure A, Falcone GJ, Kamel H, Sansing LH, Kourkoulis C, Schwab K, Elm JJ, Gurol ME, Tran H, Greenberg SM, Viswanathan A, Anderson CD, Schwab S, Rosand J, Shi FD, Kittner SJ, Testai FD, Woo D, Langefeld CD, James ML, Koch S, Huttner HB, Biffi A, Sheth KN. Cardioembolic Stroke Risk and Recovery After Anticoagulation-Related Intracerebral Hemorrhage. Stroke 2018, 49: 2652-2658. PMID: 30355194, PMCID: PMC6211810, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.118.021799.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardioembolic stroke riskOral anticoagulation therapyRankin Scale scoreIntracerebral hemorrhageFunctional recoveryStroke riskAnticoagulation resumptionVASc scoreRecurrent strokeAnticoagulation therapyScale scoreAnticoagulation-related intracerebral hemorrhageDecreased likelihoodSurvivors of ICHModified Rankin Scale scoreNonvalvular atrial fibrillationRecurrent intracerebral hemorrhageOral anticoagulation treatmentICH survivorsTherapy resumptionAnticoagulation treatmentCardioembolic strokeIschemic strokeAtrial fibrillationIndex eventLeft Atrial Appendage Morphology and Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source: A Cross-Sectional Multicenter Pilot Study
Yaghi S, Chang AD, Hung P, Mac Grory B, Collins S, Gupta A, Reynolds J, Finn CB, Hemendinger M, Cutting SM, McTaggart RA, Jayaraman M, Leasure A, Sansing L, Panda N, Song C, Chu A, Merkler A, Gialdini G, Sheth KN, Kamel H, Elkind MSV, Greer D, Furie K, Atalay M. Left Atrial Appendage Morphology and Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source: A Cross-Sectional Multicenter Pilot Study. Journal Of Stroke And Cerebrovascular Diseases 2018, 27: 1497-1501. PMID: 29398537, DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2017.12.036.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLeft atrial appendageNoncardioembolic strokeLAA morphologyIschemic strokeEmbolic strokeStroke subtypesChest CTUndetermined sourcePilot studyComprehensive stroke centerMulticenter pilot studyNon-chicken wing LAA morphologyRetrospective pilot studyAtrial appendage morphologyInpatient diagnostic evaluationESUS criteriaClinical chest CTCardioembolic strokeCE strokeStroke centersConsecutive patientsAtrial fibrillationMean ageAtrial appendageDiagnostic evaluation