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
2002
Anatomy of Stroke, Part I
Caviness V, Makris N, Montinaro E, Sahin N, Bates J, Schwamm L, Caplan D, Kennedy D. Anatomy of Stroke, Part I. Stroke 2002, 33: 2549-2556. PMID: 12411641, DOI: 10.1161/01.str.0000036083.90045.08.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMCA territoryVolumetric analysisDistribution of infarctsTopography of infarctionTreatment of strokePerfusion-weighted imagingCorrelation of outcomesEmbolic strokeAcute eventClinical correlatesUnderlying pathophysiologyVascular territoriesLesion volumeStroke lesionsClinical diagnosisStrokeTherapeutic agentsMRINeuroanatomic structuresInfarctsTopographic patternsInvolvementPotential benefitsPerfusion compartmentsInfarction