2006
Transient ischemic attack with infarction: A unique syndrome?
Ay H, Koroshetz W, Benner T, Vangel M, Wu O, Schwamm L, Sorensen A. Transient ischemic attack with infarction: A unique syndrome? International Congress Series 2006, 1290: 45-55. DOI: 10.1016/j.ics.2006.04.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTransient ischemic attackIschemic strokeIschemic attackSymptom durationDistinct prognostic featuresSeparate clinical syndromesRecurrent ischemic strokeMinor ischemic strokeUnderwent diffusion-weighted imagingDiffusion-weighted imagingInfarct volumeConsecutive patientsTIA ratePrognostic featuresTransient symptomsBrain syndromeClinical syndromeUnique syndromeInfarctionPatientsStrokeSyndromeSymptomsDurationInfarcts
2005
Poor Outcomes in Patients Who Do Not Receive Intravenous Tissue Plasminogen Activator Because of Mild or Improving Ischemic Stroke
Smith E, Abdullah A, Petkovska I, Rosenthal E, Koroshetz W, Schwamm L. Poor Outcomes in Patients Who Do Not Receive Intravenous Tissue Plasminogen Activator Because of Mild or Improving Ischemic Stroke. Stroke 2005, 36: 2497-2499. PMID: 16210552, DOI: 10.1161/01.str.0000185798.78817.f3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntravenous tissue plasminogen activatorTissue plasminogen activatorNeurological worseningPoor outcomeHealth Stroke Scale scoreProspective single-center studyPlasminogen activatorStroke Scale scoreSingle-center studyIschemic stroke symptomsTPA eligibilityHome dischargeIschemic strokeNeurological deficitsSymptom onsetStroke symptomsSeverity criteriaPatientsScale scoreNational InstituteSubstantial minoritySymptomsStrokeWorseningOutcomesTransient ischemic attack with infarction: A unique syndrome?
Ay H, Koroshetz W, Benner T, Vangel M, Wu O, Schwamm L, Sorensen A. Transient ischemic attack with infarction: A unique syndrome? Annals Of Neurology 2005, 57: 679-686. PMID: 15852402, DOI: 10.1002/ana.20465.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransient ischemic attackIschemic strokeIschemic attackSymptom durationDistinct prognostic featuresSeparate clinical syndromesRecurrent ischemic strokeMinor ischemic strokeUnderwent diffusion-weighted imagingDiffusion-weighted imagingInfarct volumeConsecutive patientsTIA ratePrognostic featuresTransient symptomsBrain syndromeClinical syndromeUnique syndromeInfarctionPatientsStrokeSyndromeSymptomsDurationInfarcts
2003
Experts want TIAs redefined. Transient ischemic attack symptoms are to a stroke what chest pain is to a heart attack.
Schwamm L. Experts want TIAs redefined. Transient ischemic attack symptoms are to a stroke what chest pain is to a heart attack. Duke Medicine Health News 2003, 9: 1-2. PMID: 12545946.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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