2023
Polygenic Susceptibility to Hypertension and Blood Pressure Control in Stroke Survivors
Acosta J, Both C, Demarais Z, Conlon C, Leasure A, Torres-Lopez V, de Havenon A, Petersen N, Gill T, Sansing L, Sheth K, Falcone G. Polygenic Susceptibility to Hypertension and Blood Pressure Control in Stroke Survivors. Neurology 2023, 100: e1587-e1597. PMID: 36690452, PMCID: PMC10103110, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000206763.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWorse BP controlUncontrolled blood pressureDiastolic blood pressureBlood pressureStroke survivorsPolygenic risk scoresBP controlPolygenic susceptibilityMean diastolic blood pressureMean systolic blood pressureStroke Prevention TrialBlood pressure controlSystolic blood pressureResistant hypertensionVascular eventsHemorrhagic strokePrevention trialsVitamin InterventionMultivariable modelRisk scoreGenetic predispositionPressure controlLogistic regressionSurvivorsHypertension
2022
Technical Dissonance in Home Blood Pressure Monitoring After Stroke: Having the Machine, but Not Using Correctly.
Forman R, Viscoli C, Meurer K, Sheth K, Sansing L, de Havenon A, Sharma R, Mariscal M, Kernan W. Technical Dissonance in Home Blood Pressure Monitoring After Stroke: Having the Machine, but Not Using Correctly. American Journal Of Hypertension 2022, 36: 195-200. PMID: 36520024, PMCID: PMC10016067, DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpac129.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHome blood pressure monitoringBlood pressure monitoringBlood pressurePressure monitoringNon-Hispanic white patientsProportion of patientsCross-sectional studyNon-Hispanic white participantsStroke recurrenceRate of useMost patientsPrimary outcomeWhite patientsRate of possessionPatientsUnderrepresented patientsArm cuffHypertensionStrokeCorrect useWhite participantsSignificant disparitiesEthnic groupsParticipantsQuality of technique