2023
Association between blood pressure variability and outcomes after endovascular thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke: An individual patient data meta-analysis
Palaiodimou L, Joundi R, Katsanos A, Ahmed N, Kim J, Goyal N, Maier I, de Havenon A, Anadani M, Matusevicius M, Mistry E, Khatri P, Arthur A, Sarraj A, Yaghi S, Shoamanesh A, Catanese L, Psychogios M, Malhotra K, Spiotta A, Vassilopoulou S, Tsioufis K, Sandset E, Alexandrov A, Petersen N, Tsivgoulis G. Association between blood pressure variability and outcomes after endovascular thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke: An individual patient data meta-analysis. European Stroke Journal 2023, 9: 88-96. PMID: 37921233, PMCID: PMC10916831, DOI: 10.1177/23969873231211157.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBlood pressure variabilitySymptomatic intracranial hemorrhageAcute ischemic strokeEndovascular thrombectomyFunctional impairmentIschemic strokeHighest tertileAIS patientsPressure variabilityIndividual BP measurementsMean BP levelsDiastolic BP levelsIndividual patient dataLogistic mixed-effects modelsSBP-CVSBP-SDIntravenous thrombolysisStroke outcomeStroke severitySuccessful recanalizationBP levelsIntracranial hemorrhageBP measurementsHigh mortalityTertile
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