2018
Receipt of cardiac screening does not influence 1-year post–cerebrovascular event mortality
Sico JJ, Baye F, Myers LJ, Concato J, Ferguson J, Cheng EM, Jadbabaie F, Yu Z, Arling G, Zillich AJ, Reeves MJ, Williams LS, Bravata DM. Receipt of cardiac screening does not influence 1-year post–cerebrovascular event mortality. Neurology Clinical Practice 2018, 8: 192-200. PMID: 30105158, PMCID: PMC6075977, DOI: 10.1212/cpj.0000000000000465.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCardiac stress testingCoronary heart diseaseStroke/TIACardiac screeningCerebrovascular diseaseStress testingOccult coronary heart diseaseIschemic stroke/TIAChest pain historyCommon Procedural Terminology codesVA emergency departmentIntermediate-risk patientsCardiac risk scoreDays of dischargeHigh-risk patientsObservational cohort studyAcute care facilitiesExpert consensus guidelinesRoutine clinical practiceProcedural Terminology codesEligible patientsCerebrovascular eventsCohort studyPain historyConsensus guidelines
2017
Diagnosing and managing sleep apnea in patients with chronic cerebrovascular disease: a randomized trial of a home-based strategy
Bravata DM, McClain V, Austin C, Ferguson J, Burrus N, Miech EJ, Matthias MS, Chumbler N, Ofner S, Foresman B, Sico J, Vaz Fragoso CA, Williams LS, Agarwal R, Concato J, Klar Yaggi H. Diagnosing and managing sleep apnea in patients with chronic cerebrovascular disease: a randomized trial of a home-based strategy. Sleep And Breathing 2017, 21: 713-725. PMID: 28386781, PMCID: PMC5585280, DOI: 10.1007/s11325-017-1494-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsContinuous positive airway pressureAuto-titrating continuous positive airway pressureChronic cerebrovascular diseaseTransient ischemic attackSleep apneaCerebrovascular diseaseHypertension controlUsual careControl patientsBlood pressureObstructive sleep apnea treatmentBaseline blood pressurePositive airway pressureBackgroundObstructive sleep apneaSleep apnea treatmentBlood pressure assessmentHome-based strategiesIschemic attackUnattended polysomnographyUndiagnosed OSARandomized patientsAirway pressureCPAP adherenceCPAP useApnea treatment
2012
Diagnosis and Treatment of Sleep Apnea in patients' homes: the rationale and methods of the "GoToSleep" randomized-controlled trial.
Bravata DM, Ferguson J, Miech EJ, Agarwal R, McClain V, Austin C, Struve F, Foresman B, Li X, Wang Z, Williams LS, Dallas MI, Couch CD, Sico J, Fragoso C, Matthias MS, Chumbler N, Myers J, Burrus N, Dube A, French DD, Schmid AA, Concato J, Yaggi HK. Diagnosis and Treatment of Sleep Apnea in patients' homes: the rationale and methods of the "GoToSleep" randomized-controlled trial. Journal Of Clinical Sleep Medicine 2012, 8: 27-35. PMID: 22334806, PMCID: PMC3266333, DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.1654.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsContinuous positive airway pressureAuto-titrating continuous positive airway pressureTransient ischemic attackSleep apneaVeterans Health AdministrationCerebrovascular diseaseControl groupAntihypertensive medicationsIntervention groupPatient's homePressure continuous positive airway pressureUsual care control groupControl of hypertensionPositive airway pressureCare control groupLaboratory-based sleep studiesUndiagnosed sleep apneaBlood pressure assessmentInclusion of patientsRandomized-controlled trialBlood pressure measurementsHome-based polysomnographySleep laboratory polysomnographyOne-year study periodTherapeutic intervention strategies
2011
Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring among patients with cerebrovascular disease
Sico JJ, Phipps MS, Yaggi HK, Burrus N, Ferguson J, McClain V, Austin C, Li X, Bravata DM. Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring among patients with cerebrovascular disease. Blood Pressure Monitoring 2011, 16: 211-217. PMID: 21885958, DOI: 10.1097/mbp.0b013e32834b4d6c.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAmbulatory blood pressure monitoringABP monitoringBlood pressure monitoringCerebrovascular diseaseStroke patientsPressure monitoringStroke care guidelinesBlood pressure valuesOngoing clinical trialsABP dataEnglish-language articlesNocturnal fallArm weaknessBlood pressureHypertension managementCare guidelinesPoor outcomeCase reportNeurological impairmentClinical trialsInclusion criteriaPatientsSystematic reviewSupport interventionsDisease