2022
Technical Dissonance in Home Blood Pressure Monitoring After Stroke: Having the Machine, but Not Using Correctly.
Forman R, Viscoli C, Meurer K, Sheth K, Sansing L, de Havenon A, Sharma R, Mariscal M, Kernan W. Technical Dissonance in Home Blood Pressure Monitoring After Stroke: Having the Machine, but Not Using Correctly. American Journal Of Hypertension 2022, 36: 195-200. PMID: 36520024, PMCID: PMC10016067, DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpac129.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHome blood pressure monitoringBlood pressure monitoringBlood pressurePressure monitoringNon-Hispanic white patientsProportion of patientsCross-sectional studyNon-Hispanic white participantsStroke recurrenceRate of useMost patientsPrimary outcomeWhite patientsRate of possessionPatientsUnderrepresented patientsArm cuffHypertensionStrokeCorrect useWhite participantsSignificant disparitiesEthnic groupsParticipantsQuality of technique
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