2020
Left Atrial Mechanics Assessed Early during Hospitalization for Cryptogenic Stroke Are Associated with Occult Atrial Fibrillation: A Speckle-Tracking Strain Echocardiography Study
Deferm S, Bertrand PB, Churchill TW, Sharma R, Vandervoort PM, Schwamm LH, Yoerger Sanborn DM. Left Atrial Mechanics Assessed Early during Hospitalization for Cryptogenic Stroke Are Associated with Occult Atrial Fibrillation: A Speckle-Tracking Strain Echocardiography Study. Journal Of The American Society Of Echocardiography 2020, 34: 156-165. PMID: 33132019, DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2020.09.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMobile cardiac outpatient telemetryOccult atrial fibrillationBooster pump functionAtrial fibrillationCryptogenic strokeAtrial mechanicsStrain echocardiographyReservoir strainPump functionBaseline cardiovascular risk profileLA booster pump functionPresence of AFCardiovascular risk profileLA volume indexReceiver operator curve analysisOperator curve analysisSpontaneous cardioversionEmbolic strokeClinical characteristicsRetrospective cohortEchocardiography studyLA sizeMedian timeStroke hospitalizationsEchocardiography
2013
Outcomes in Severe Middle Cerebral Artery Ischemic Stroke
Walcott BP, Miller JC, Kwon CS, Sheth SA, Hiller M, Cronin CA, Schwamm LH, Simard JM, Kahle KT, Kimberly WT, Sheth KN. Outcomes in Severe Middle Cerebral Artery Ischemic Stroke. Neurocritical Care 2013, 21: 20-26. PMID: 23839704, PMCID: PMC3880600, DOI: 10.1007/s12028-013-9838-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMiddle cerebral artery strokeMiddle cerebral artery ischemic strokeCerebral artery involvementMidline brain shiftPatient-centered outcomesLogistic regression analysisPatient-specific variablesArtery involvementEdema subgroupsMCA strokeInfarct volumeSevere strokeUnderwent tracheostomyAdult patientsIschemic strokeLife-sustaining proceduresRetrospective cohortSymptom onsetDecompressive craniectomyArtery strokeStudy criteriaUnderwent gastrostomyExclusion criteriaMortality rateMultivariate analysis