2024
Endovascular Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke After Cardiac Interventions in the United States
de Havenon A, Zhou L, Koo A, Matouk C, Falcone G, Sharma R, Ney J, Shu L, Yaghi S, Kamel H, Sheth K. Endovascular Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke After Cardiac Interventions in the United States. JAMA Neurology 2024, 81: 264-272. PMID: 38285452, PMCID: PMC10825786, DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2023.5416.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNational Institutes of Health Stroke ScaleNational Institutes of Health Stroke Scale scoreOdds of discharge homeDischarged homeIschemic strokeRate of endovascular thrombectomyMultivariate logistic regressionNational Inpatient Sample databaseHealth Stroke ScaleIntervention patientsInpatient Sample databaseMain OutcomesIntervention statusHospitalization of patientsPotential confoundersUS hospitalsEndovascular thrombectomyStroke patientsCohort studySecondary outcomesLogistic regressionCardiac interventionsStroke severityStroke ScaleGroup of hospitalized patients
2023
Polygenic Susceptibility to Hypertension and Blood Pressure Control in Stroke Survivors
Acosta J, Both C, Demarais Z, Conlon C, Leasure A, Torres-Lopez V, de Havenon A, Petersen N, Gill T, Sansing L, Sheth K, Falcone G. Polygenic Susceptibility to Hypertension and Blood Pressure Control in Stroke Survivors. Neurology 2023, 100: e1587-e1597. PMID: 36690452, PMCID: PMC10103110, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000206763.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWorse BP controlUncontrolled blood pressureDiastolic blood pressureBlood pressureStroke survivorsPolygenic risk scoresBP controlPolygenic susceptibilityMean diastolic blood pressureMean systolic blood pressureStroke Prevention TrialBlood pressure controlSystolic blood pressureResistant hypertensionVascular eventsHemorrhagic strokePrevention trialsVitamin InterventionMultivariable modelRisk scoreGenetic predispositionPressure controlLogistic regressionSurvivorsHypertension
2020
Cause of death in spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage survivors: Multistate longitudinal study.
Kuohn LR, Leasure AC, Acosta JN, Vanent K, Murthy SB, Kamel H, Matouk CC, Sansing LH, Falcone GJ, Sheth KN. Cause of death in spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage survivors: Multistate longitudinal study. Neurology 2020, 95: e2736-e2745. PMID: 32917797, PMCID: PMC7734723, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000010736.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCause of deathRecurrent intracranial hemorrhageIntracerebral hemorrhage survivorsAtrial fibrillationICH survivorsIschemic strokeIntracranial hemorrhageSpontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage survivorsMultivariable Cox proportional hazardsCox proportional hazardsLong-term survivalMedian followRespiratory failureHospital readmissionPrimary outcomePrimary diagnosisSpontaneous ICHCardiac diseaseClaims dataMultinomial logistic regressionNontraumatic ICHProportional hazardsAdult survivorsLogistic regressionPatients
2015
Rate of Contrast Extravasation on Computed Tomographic Angiography Predicts Hematoma Expansion and Mortality in Primary Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Brouwers HB, Battey TW, Musial HH, Ciura VA, Falcone GJ, Ayres AM, Vashkevich A, Schwab K, Viswanathan A, Anderson CD, Greenberg SM, Pomerantz SR, Ortiz CJ, Goldstein JN, Gonzalez RG, Rosand J, Romero JM. Rate of Contrast Extravasation on Computed Tomographic Angiography Predicts Hematoma Expansion and Mortality in Primary Intracerebral Hemorrhage. Stroke 2015, 46: 2498-2503. PMID: 26243220, PMCID: PMC4550492, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.115.009659.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary intracerebral hemorrhageHematoma expansionContrast extravasationIntracerebral hemorrhageSpot signExtravasation rateTomographic angiographyConsecutive intracerebral hemorrhage patientsML/minContrast extravasation rateAcute intracerebral hemorrhageIntracerebral hemorrhage patientsMultivariable logistic regressionRate of bleedingIntracerebral hemorrhage volumeSpot sign presenceHospital mortalityMultivariable analysisHemorrhage patientsPostcontrast CTHemorrhage volumeSemiautomated softwareMortalityLogistic regressionHemorrhage
2013
Warfarin and Statins are Associated with Hematoma Volume in Primary Infratentorial Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Falcone GJ, Brouwers HB, Biffi A, Anderson CD, Battey TW, Ayres AM, Vashkevich A, Schwab KM, Rost NS, Goldstein JN, Viswanathan A, Greenberg SM, Rosand J. Warfarin and Statins are Associated with Hematoma Volume in Primary Infratentorial Intracerebral Hemorrhage. Neurocritical Care 2013, 21: 192-199. PMID: 23839705, PMCID: PMC4107188, DOI: 10.1007/s12028-013-9839-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfratentorial intracerebral hemorrhageIntracerebral hemorrhageICH volumeSurgical evacuationHematoma volumeBrainstem ICHSingle-center studySupratentorial intracerebral hemorrhageWarfarin treatmentStatin treatmentEmergency departmentICH casesRetrospective analysisCT scanLogistic regressionWarfarinICH subjectsLimited dataHemorrhageStatinsFurther studiesComputer-assisted methodTreatmentInverse relationLinear regression