2022
Spoke‐Administered Thrombolysis Improves Large‐Vessel Occlusion Early Recanalization: The Real‐World Experience of a Large Academic Hub‐and‐Spoke Telestroke Network
Kraft A, Regenhardt R, Awad A, Rosenthal J, Dmytriw A, Vranic J, Bonkhoff A, Bretzner M, Hirsch J, Rabinov J, Stapleton C, Schwamm L, Singhal A, Rost N, Leslie‐Mazwi T, Patel A. Spoke‐Administered Thrombolysis Improves Large‐Vessel Occlusion Early Recanalization: The Real‐World Experience of a Large Academic Hub‐and‐Spoke Telestroke Network. Stroke Vascular And Interventional Neurology 2022, 3 PMID: 36816048, PMCID: PMC9936963, DOI: 10.1161/svin.122.000427.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIntravenous thrombolysisMechanical thrombectomyEarly recanalizationInterhospital transferLarge vessel occlusion strokeLack of efficacyReal-world analysisVessel imagingEligible patientsMedian ageOcclusion strokeRecent trialsStroke NetworkTelestroke networkInclusion criteriaPatientsIVT useReal-world experienceNIHSSThrombolysisRecanalizationHospitalLVOImagingER rates
2017
Immediate Vascular Imaging Needed for Efficient Triage of Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke Initially Admitted to Nonthrombectomy Centers
Boulouis G, Siddiqui K, Lauer A, Charidimou A, Regenhardt R, Viswanathan A, Leslie-Mazwi T, Rost N, Schwamm L. Immediate Vascular Imaging Needed for Efficient Triage of Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke Initially Admitted to Nonthrombectomy Centers. Stroke 2017, 48: 2297-2300. PMID: 28687641, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.117.017607.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsThrombectomy-capable stroke centersEndovascular thrombectomyVascular imagingCurrent guidelinesAlberta Stroke Program Early CT ScoreUnnecessary transfersHealth Stroke ScaleAcute ischemic strokeMain outcome variablesBaseline vascularStroke ScaleIschemic strokeStroke centersCT scoreFutile transfersPatientsEfficient triageHospitalYielded sensitivityOutcome variablesOptimal selection criteriaNational InstituteStrokeImagingOcclusion level
2001
Unilateral Temporal Lobe Stroke Causing Ischemic Transient Global Amnesia: Role for Diffusion‐Weighted Imaging in the Initial Evaluation
Greer D, Schaefer P, Schwamm L. Unilateral Temporal Lobe Stroke Causing Ischemic Transient Global Amnesia: Role for Diffusion‐Weighted Imaging in the Initial Evaluation. Journal Of Neuroimaging 2001, 11: 317-319. PMID: 11462302, DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2001.tb00054.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransient global amnesiaDiffusion-weighted imagingInitial diffusion-weighted imagingLeft mesial temporal lobeSmall ischemic lesionsApparent diffusion coefficient imagingMesial temporal lobeOnset of symptomsT2-weighted imagingIschemic infarctIschemic lesionsAcute infarctsGlobal amnesiaTemporal lobeInitial evaluationEarly detectionInfarctsLesionsSymptomsImagingMagnetic resonanceDaysIschemiaEmboliPatients
1996
Hyperacute stroke: evaluation with combined multisection diffusion-weighted and hemodynamically weighted echo-planar MR imaging.
Sorensen A, Buonanno F, Gonzalez R, Schwamm L, Lev M, Huang-Hellinger F, Reese T, Weisskoff R, Davis T, Suwanwela N, Can U, Moreira J, Copen W, Look R, Finklestein S, Rosen B, Koroshetz W. Hyperacute stroke: evaluation with combined multisection diffusion-weighted and hemodynamically weighted echo-planar MR imaging. Radiology 1996, 199: 391-401. PMID: 8668784, DOI: 10.1148/radiology.199.2.8668784.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfarct volumeNormal findingsHyperacute cerebral ischemiaMagnetic resonance imagingEcho-planar MR imagingAcute hemiparesisAcute strokeCerebral ischemiaInitial CTMR imaging techniquesStroke diagnosisPatientsResonance imagingSubsequent imagingMR imagingAbnormalitiesConventional MRCTImaging techniquesImagingMRHoursFindingsHemiparesisInfarction