2016
The Effects of DWI‐Infarct Lesion Volume on DWI‐FLAIR Mismatch: Is There a Need for Size Stratification?
Payabvash S, Taleb S, Benson JC, Rykken JB, Oswood MC, McKinney AM, Hoffman B. The Effects of DWI‐Infarct Lesion Volume on DWI‐FLAIR Mismatch: Is There a Need for Size Stratification? Journal Of Neuroimaging 2016, 27: 392-396. PMID: 27878926, DOI: 10.1111/jon.12407.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDWI-FLAIR mismatchPositive predictive valueDWI lesion volumeLesion volumeNegative predictive valueStroke onsetAcute infarctsStroke patientsInfarct lesionsPredictive valueFluid-attenuated inversion recovery hyperintensityAcute ischemic stroke patientsInfarct lesion volumeIschemic stroke patientsHours of onsetInversion recovery hyperintensityContralateral normal sideIdentification of strokePotential imaging biomarkerMultivariate regression analysisIdentification of infarctionSymptom onsetTherapy timeNormal sideImaging biomarkersProminent cortical and medullary veins on susceptibility-weighted images of acute ischaemic stroke
Payabvash S, Benson JC, Taleb S, Rykken JB, Hoffman B, Oswood MC, McKinney AM. Prominent cortical and medullary veins on susceptibility-weighted images of acute ischaemic stroke. British Journal Of Radiology 2016, 89: 20160714. PMID: 27805839, PMCID: PMC5604931, DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20160714.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute ischemic strokeLarger infarct volumesMedullary veinsIschemic strokeInfarct volumeArterial occlusionSusceptibility-weighted imagesConsecutive patientsClinical outcomesCortical veinsProminent cortical veinsPosterior circulation territoryPoor clinical outcomeSeverity of symptomsFair interobserver agreementSWI seriesAcute strokeSymptom onsetIndependent predictorsClinical variablesSWI scansPatientsStrokeImaging implicationsProminent veins
2015
Acute CT perfusion changes in seizure patients presenting to the emergency department with stroke-like symptoms: correlation with clinical and electroencephalography findings
Payabvash S, Oswood MC, Truwit CL, McKinney AM. Acute CT perfusion changes in seizure patients presenting to the emergency department with stroke-like symptoms: correlation with clinical and electroencephalography findings. Clinical Radiology 2015, 70: 1136-1143. PMID: 26155937, DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2015.06.078.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRelative cerebral blood flowRelative mean transit timeStroke-like symptomsSeizure patientsPerfusion changesClinical presentationEmergency departmentCTP examinationAcute stroke-like presentationAcute stroke-like symptomsNon-focal neurological deficitsSpeech deficitsStroke-like presentationSubset of patientsDifferent clinical presentationsCerebral blood flowEloquent brain regionsAdmission CTPElectroencephalography findingsNeurological deficitsSymptom onsetSuch patientsEarly followEEG findingsUnilateral motorComparison of CT perfusion summary maps to early diffusion-weighted images in suspected acute middle cerebral artery stroke
Benson J, Payabvash S, Salazar P, Jagadeesan B, Palmer CS, Truwit CL, McKinney AM. Comparison of CT perfusion summary maps to early diffusion-weighted images in suspected acute middle cerebral artery stroke. European Journal Of Radiology 2015, 84: 682-689. PMID: 25623829, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2014.12.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlberta Stroke Program Early CT ScoreASPECTS scoreAcute middle cerebral artery strokeMiddle cerebral artery strokeAge-matched patientsDWI infarct volumeDiffusion-weighted imagingInfarct volumePositive patientsSymptom onsetArtery strokeCT scoreDiffusion-weighted imagesInfarct coreCTP examinationDWI volumePatientsDWIInfarctsScores
2012
Location-weighted CTP analysis predicts early motor improvement in stroke
Payabvash S, Souza LC, Kamalian S, Wang Y, Passanese J, Kamalian S, Fung SH, Halpern EF, Schaefer PW, Gonzalez RG, Furie KL, Lev MH. Location-weighted CTP analysis predicts early motor improvement in stroke. Neurology 2012, 78: 1853-1859. PMID: 22573641, PMCID: PMC3369521, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0b013e318258f799.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute stroke patientsAdmission NIHSSMotor improvementStroke patientsCT perfusionPredictive valueOnly independent clinical predictorMultivariate binary logistic regressionFrontal lobe white matterMultivariate modelIndependent clinical predictorsMotor functional improvementMotor function improvementNegative predictive valuePositive predictive valueSuperior temporal gyrusBinary logistic regressionExtremity paresisAcute strokeSymptom onsetClinical predictorsConsecutive patientsIndependent predictorsClinical outcomesImaging predictors