2013
Hospital Acquired Pneumonia Is Linked to Right Hemispheric Peri-Insular Stroke
Kemmling A, Lev MH, Payabvash S, Betensky RA, Qian J, Masrur S, Schwamm LH. Hospital Acquired Pneumonia Is Linked to Right Hemispheric Peri-Insular Stroke. PLOS ONE 2013, 8: e71141. PMID: 23951094, PMCID: PMC3737185, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071141.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHemispheric infarctsBrain regionsConsecutive acute stroke patientsConditional logistic regression modelsHospital-Acquired PneumoniaRight hemispheric infarctAcute stroke patientsInsular cortex volumeVolume-based variablesSpecific brain regionsLogistic regression modelsAcquired PneumoniaControl patientsMajor complicationsBrainstem strokeImmune suppressionInfarct sizeStroke patientsAutonomic modulationClinical variablesAdmission imagingInfarct locationUnivariate analysisImmune mechanismsCortex volume
2002
CT Angiography With Whole Brain Perfused Blood Volume Imaging
Ezzeddine M, Lev M, McDonald C, Rordorf G, Oliveira-Filho J, Aksoy F, Farkas J, Segal A, Schwamm L, Gonzalez R, Koroshetz W. CT Angiography With Whole Brain Perfused Blood Volume Imaging. Stroke 2002, 33: 959-966. PMID: 11935044, DOI: 10.1161/hs0402.105388.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOxfordshire Community Stroke Project classificationCTA/CTPNoncontrast CTCTP imagingInfarct localizationRapid CT scanningAcute stroke treatmentAcute stroke patientsInitial clinical assessmentMajor intracranial vesselsCTA source imagesVascular phase imagesSteady-state administrationProject classificationParenchymal phase imagesOrg 10172Oxfordshire classificationTOAST classificationAcute strokeStroke neurologistsStroke treatmentStroke patientsBlood volume imagingClinical examinationInfarct location