2024
Emergent Large Vessel Occlusion due to Intracranial Stenosis: Identification, Management, Challenges, and Future Directions
Al Kasab S, Nguyen T, Derdeyn C, Yaghi S, Amin-Hanjani S, Kicielinski K, Zaidat O, de Havenon A. Emergent Large Vessel Occlusion due to Intracranial Stenosis: Identification, Management, Challenges, and Future Directions. Stroke 2024, 55: 355-365. PMID: 38252763, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.123.043635.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntracranial atherosclerotic stenosisVessel occlusionRecurrence riskEarly recurrence riskHigh-risk patientsAggressive medical managementRecurrent stroke riskEndovascular therapyHemodynamic failureTreatment strategiesPerfusion imagingAdvanced ageEndovascular interventionIntracranial stenosisMedical managementRisk factorsHigh riskAdvanced imagingAtherosclerotic stenosisStroke riskOcclusionStenosisPatientsRisk
2023
RESCUE‐ICAS: Rationale and Study Design
Almallouhi E, de Havenon A, Asi K, Limaye K, Maier I, Starke R, Psychogios M, Inoa V, Grossberg J, Mascitelli J, Samaniego E, Fragata I, Kass‐Hout T, Capasso F, Dmytriw A, Jehani H, Modovan K, Yaghi S, Ezzeldin M, Grandhi R, Wolfe S, Fargen K, Jabbour P, Naamani K, Spiotta A, Zaidat O, Kasab S. RESCUE‐ICAS: Rationale and Study Design. Stroke Vascular And Interventional Neurology 2023, 3 DOI: 10.1161/svin.122.000530.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchICAS-LVORescue therapyIntracranial stenosisCerebral Infarction scoreMechanical thrombectomy failureSymptomatic intracranial hemorrhageProspective cohort studyLarge vessel occlusionRankin Scale scoreOptimal treatment strategyThrombectomy failureProspective registrySuccessful recanalizationCohort studyModified thrombolysisAtherosclerotic diseaseIntracranial hemorrhageTreatment strategiesCommon causeInclusion criteriaRadiographic dataImaging variablesScale scoreMT casesPatients
2022
Borderzone infarction and recurrent stroke in intracranial atherosclerosis
Kvernland A, Torres J, Raz E, Nossek E, de Havenon A, Gebregziabher M, Khatri P, Prabhakaran S, Liebeskind D, Yaghi S. Borderzone infarction and recurrent stroke in intracranial atherosclerosis. Journal Of Stroke And Cerebrovascular Diseases 2022, 32: 106897. PMID: 36402094, DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2022.106897.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRecurrent cerebrovascular eventsIntracranial stenosisBorderzone infarctsInfarct patternsIschemic strokeBorderzone infarctionRetrospective single-center studyAcute ischemic strokeRecurrent ischemic strokeSingle-center studySymptomatic intracranial stenosisHigh-risk cohortBinary logistic regression analysisDistal blood flowAlternative treatment strategiesLogistic regression analysisLogistic regression modelsCerebrovascular eventsRecurrent strokeIntracranial atherosclerosisPrimary outcomeCenter studyMean ageSurrogate markerTreatment strategiesPost-acute sequelae of COVID-19 symptom phenotypes and therapeutic strategies: A prospective, observational study
Frontera JA, Thorpe LE, Simon NM, de Havenon A, Yaghi S, Sabadia SB, Yang D, Lewis A, Melmed K, Balcer LJ, Wisniewski T, Galetta SL. Post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 symptom phenotypes and therapeutic strategies: A prospective, observational study. PLOS ONE 2022, 17: e0275274. PMID: 36174032, PMCID: PMC9521913, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0275274.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPost-acute sequelaeDifferent therapeutic interventionsTherapeutic interventionsTherapeutic strategiesAcute SARS-CoV-2 infectionOccupational therapySARS-CoV-2 infectionOutcome metricsSimilar therapeutic interventionsProspective cohort studyShortness of breathAnti-anxiety medicationsLogistic regression analysisCOVID-19Individual treatment programsPASC symptomsCohort studySymptom improvementUnsupervised hierarchical cluster analysisTreatment strategiesObservational studySleep disordersVariable symptomatologySymptom groupsCognitive symptomsPredictors of Recurrent Venous Thrombosis After Cerebral Venous Thrombosis
Shu L, Bakradze E, Omran SS, Giles J, Amar J, Henninger N, Elnazeir M, Liberman A, Moncrieffe K, Rotblat J, Sharma R, Cheng Y, Zubair AS, Simpkins A, Li G, Kung J, Perez D, Heldner MR, Scutelnic A, von Martial R, Siepen B, Rothstein A, Khazaal O, Do D, Al Kasab S, Rahman LA, Mistry EA, Kerrigan D, Lafever H, Nguyen TN, Klein P, Aparicio HJ, Frontera JA, Kuohn L, Agarwal S, Stretz C, Kala N, ElJamal S, Chang A, Cutting S, Indraswari F, de Havenon A, Muddasani V, Wu T, Wilson D, Nouh A, Asad D, Qureshi A, Moore J, Khatri P, Aziz Y, Casteigne B, Khan M, Cheng Y, Grory BM, Weiss M, Ryan D, Vedovati MC, Paciaroni M, Siegler J, Kamen S, Yu S, Guerrero CL, Atallah E, De Marchis GM, Brehm A, Dittrich T, Psychogios M, Alvarado-Dyer R, Kass-Hout T, Prabhakaran S, Honda T, Liebeskind D, Furie K, Yaghi S. Predictors of Recurrent Venous Thrombosis After Cerebral Venous Thrombosis. Neurology 2022, 99: e2368-e2377. PMID: 36123126, PMCID: PMC9687409, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000201122.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCerebral venous thrombosisRecurrent venous thrombosisHistory of VTEVenous thrombosisVenous thromboembolismAntiphospholipid antibodiesBlack raceDiagnosis of CVTPositive antiphospholipid antibodiesRecurrent venous thrombosesAntiphospholipid antibody syndromeRecurrent venous thromboembolismCox regression analysisRisk of recurrenceMulticenter international studyAntibody syndromeOral anticoagulationVenous thrombosesConsecutive patientsRare causeMean ageTreatment strategiesThrombosisPatientsSecondary analysis
2021
Lacunar stroke: mechanisms and therapeutic implications
Yaghi S, Raz E, Yang D, Cutting S, Grory B, Elkind MS, de Havenon A. Lacunar stroke: mechanisms and therapeutic implications. Journal Of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry 2021, 92: 823-830. PMID: 34039632, DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2021-326308.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLacunar strokeNeurological deteriorationTreatment strategiesTherapeutic implicationsCerebral small vessel diseaseLacunar stroke patientsStroke prevention strategiesAntithrombotic treatment strategiesLong-term disabilitySmall vessel diseaseNovel treatment strategiesAtheromatous diseaseIschemic strokeStroke patientsVessel diseaseNeurovascular imagingStroke mechanismHeterogeneous diseaseSystemic evaluationPrevention strategiesNarrative reviewStrokePatientsDiseaseUnderlying mechanism