2023
Hospital‐Level Variability in Reporting of Ischemic Stroke Subtypes and Supporting Diagnostic Evaluation in GWTG‐Stroke Registry
Mullen M, Gurol M, Prabhakaran S, Messé S, Kleindorfer D, Smith E, Fonarow G, Xu H, Zhao X, Cigarroa J, Schwamm L. Hospital‐Level Variability in Reporting of Ischemic Stroke Subtypes and Supporting Diagnostic Evaluation in GWTG‐Stroke Registry. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2023, 12: e031303. PMID: 38108258, PMCID: PMC10863791, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.123.031303.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital-level variabilityDiagnostic evaluationIschemic strokeDiagnostic testingStroke pathogenesisCryptogenic strokeSecondary preventionEtiologic subtypesRisk factorsLarge nationwide registryIschemic stroke subtypesLong-term cardiac rhythm monitoringCardiac rhythm monitoringAdequate diagnostic evaluationIntracranial vascular imagingEvidence-based interventionsNationwide registryStroke subtypesIS subtypesDocumentation ratesRhythm monitoringPatientsCardiac monitoringSubtypesStroke
2020
Cryptogenic stroke: Contemporary trends, treatments, and outcomes in the United States.
Prabhakaran S, Messé S, Kleindorfer D, Smith E, Fonarow G, Xu H, Zhao X, Lytle B, Cigarroa J, Schwamm L. Cryptogenic stroke: Contemporary trends, treatments, and outcomes in the United States. Neurology Clinical Practice 2020, 10: 396-405. PMID: 33299667, PMCID: PMC7717635, DOI: 10.1212/cpj.0000000000000736.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCryptogenic strokeIschemic strokeStroke etiologyDischarge outcomesHospital treatmentHospital characteristicsMultivariable logistic regressionGWTG-StrokeStroke RegistryNationwide registryMultivariable analysisPatientsLower mortalityHigh mortalityNationwide dataLogistic regressionSubtypesStrokeNational InstituteScale scaleOutcomesTreatmentRegistryHospitalEtiology