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Comparison of Sex-Based In-Hospital Procedural Outcomes and Hospital Readmission Frequency After Patent Foramen Ovale Occluder Device Placement: A Propensity Matched National Cohort
Fakhra S, Sattar Y, Patel N, Aziz S, Titus A, Almas T, Aamir M, Sulaiman S, Mishra N, Elgendy I, Raina S, Jagadeesan V, Daggubati R, Alraies M. Comparison of Sex-Based In-Hospital Procedural Outcomes and Hospital Readmission Frequency After Patent Foramen Ovale Occluder Device Placement: A Propensity Matched National Cohort. Current Problems In Cardiology 2023, 48: 101662. PMID: 36868331, DOI: 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2023.101662.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute kidney injuryAcute ischemic strokeNationwide Readmissions DatabaseMultivariate odds ratiosDevice placementAKI incidenceHospital mortalityCardiac tamponadeIschemic strokeHigher total hospitalization costsNational retrospective cohort studySecondary cardiovascular outcomesRetrospective cohort studyTotal hospitalization costsComparison of sexAKI occurrenceNephrotoxic medicationsReadmission LOSRecurrent strokeCardiovascular outcomesIndex hospitalizationKidney injuryPostprocedural bleedingCohort studyComplication rate
2018
Time From Imaging to Endovascular Reperfusion Predicts Outcome in Acute Stroke
Tsai JP, Mlynash M, Christensen S, Kemp S, Kim S, Mishra NK, Federau C, Nogueira RG, Jovin TG, Devlin TG, Akhtar N, Yavagal DR, Bammer R, Straka M, Zaharchuk G, Marks MP, Albers GW, Lansberg MG. Time From Imaging to Endovascular Reperfusion Predicts Outcome in Acute Stroke. Stroke 2018, 49: 952-957. PMID: 29581341, PMCID: PMC5875452, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.117.018858.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsActivities of Daily LivingAgedAngiography, Digital SubtractionCerebral AngiographyCohort StudiesEndovascular ProceduresFemaleHumansInfarction, Middle Cerebral ArteryMaleMiddle AgedPerfusion ImagingPrognosisRecovery of FunctionReperfusionStrokeThrombectomyTime-to-TreatmentTomography, X-Ray ComputedTreatment OutcomeConceptsTarget mismatch profileReperfusion timeFunctional independenceMismatch profileInfarct growthCTP scansLarger final infarct volumeTarget mismatch patientsAcute ischemic strokeCohort of patientsFinal infarct volumeTarget mismatchSuccessful endovascular reperfusionMismatch patientsEndovascular reperfusionInfarct volumeRadiological outcomesSuccessful reperfusionAcute strokeIschemic strokeRadiographic outcomesEndovascular therapyBaseline imagingMalignant profileTomographic perfusion
2016
Blood Pressure Management in Acute Stroke.
Jusufovic M, Mishra NK, Lansberg MG, Bath PM, Berge E, Sandset EC. Blood Pressure Management in Acute Stroke. Current Hypertension Reviews 2016, 12: 121-6. PMID: 26931471, DOI: 10.2174/1573402112666160302102711.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlood pressure managementAcute ischemic strokeBlood pressureIschemic strokeIntracerebral hemorrhageAcute phaseClinical trialsPressure managementAcute stroke treatmentIndependent risk factorLower blood pressureLarge clinical trialsRecent clinical trialsRoutine clinical practicePenumbral tissueAcute strokeThrombolytic treatmentStroke treatmentClinical benefitUnfavourable outcomeRisk factorsClinical practiceHemorrhageInternational guidelinesStroke
2013
J. T. P. Liggins et al.
Liggins JT, Yoo AJ, Mishra NK, Wheeler HM, Straka M, Leslie‐Mazwi T, Chaudhry ZA, Kemp S, Mlynash M, Bammer R, Albers GW, Lansberg MG, Investigators D. J. T. P. Liggins et al. International Journal Of Stroke 2013, 10: 705-709. PMID: 24207136, PMCID: PMC4048330, DOI: 10.1111/ijs.12207.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overAgingBrain IschemiaCohort StudiesDatabases, FactualDiffusion Magnetic Resonance ImagingFemaleFibrinolytic AgentsHumansLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedMulticenter Studies as TopicOutcome Assessment, Health CareSeverity of Illness IndexStrokeTissue Plasminogen ActivatorTreatment OutcomeConceptsPoor functional outcomeDiffusion-weighted imaging scoreFunctional outcomeImaging scoresTherapy scoreClinical responseDiffusion-weighted imaging volumeModified Rankin Scale scoreAcute stroke interventionAcute ischemic strokePercentage of patientsPredictive scoring systemRankin Scale scorePredictors of outcomeCharacteristic curveDiffusion-Weighted ImagingIschemic strokeEndovascular therapyIndependent predictorsPatient ageStroke interventionEndovascular treatmentValidation cohortClinical variablesLesion volumeThrombolysis in Stroke Despite Contraindications or Warnings?
Frank B, Grotta JC, Alexandrov AV, Bluhmki E, Lyden P, Meretoja A, Mishra NK, Shuaib A, Wahlgren NG, Weimar C, Lees KR. Thrombolysis in Stroke Despite Contraindications or Warnings? Stroke 2013, 44: 727-733. PMID: 23391774, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.112.674622.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth Stroke ScoreAlteplase treatmentStroke ScoreOdds ratioBaseline National InstitutesIntravenous alteplase treatmentPretreatment National InstitutesSingle antiplatelet agentTrial selection criteriaAcute ischemic strokeIschemic stroke patientsProportional odds logistic regression analysisSubgroup of patientsAdjusted odds ratioCommon clinical situationsNational InstituteLogistic regression analysisInternational normalizedIntravenous thrombolysisOral anticoagulationPrior strokeComprehensive retrospective analysisIschemic strokeRankin ScaleUntreated patients
2011
Low Body Temperature Does Not Compromise the Treatment Effect of Alteplase
Lees JS, Mishra NK, Saini M, Lyden PD, Shuaib A. Low Body Temperature Does Not Compromise the Treatment Effect of Alteplase. Stroke 2011, 42: 2618-2621. PMID: 21757664, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.110.611210.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBaseline body temperatureAcute ischemic strokeRankin Scale scoreIschemic strokeAlteplase treatmentBaseline severityBody temperatureScale scoreVirtual International Stroke Trials ArchiveRankin Scale distributionsBaseline National InstitutesHealth Stroke ScaleIschemic stroke modelTreatment effectsStroke ScaleThrombolytic therapyImproved outcomesTherapeutic effectTreatment responseStroke modelTreatment groupsAlteplaseCochran-MantelLow body temperatureStroke
2010
Thrombolysis in very elderly people: controlled comparison of SITS International Stroke Thrombolysis Registry and Virtual International Stroke Trials Archive
Mishra NK, Ahmed N, Andersen G, Egido JA, Lindsberg PJ, Ringleb PA, Wahlgren NG, Lees KR. Thrombolysis in very elderly people: controlled comparison of SITS International Stroke Thrombolysis Registry and Virtual International Stroke Trials Archive. The BMJ 2010, 341: c6046. PMID: 21098614, PMCID: PMC2990864, DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c6046.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVirtual International Stroke Trials ArchiveNon-randomised patientsAcute ischemic strokeProportional odds logistic regression analysisComparison of outcomesLogistic regression analysisNeuroprotection trialsSITS-ISTREffect of ageIschemic strokeHaenszel testCochran-MantelThrombolysisPatientsRegression analysisInfluence of Age on Outcome From Thrombolysis in Acute Stroke
Mishra NK, Diener HC, Lyden PD, Bluhmki E, Lees KR. Influence of Age on Outcome From Thrombolysis in Acute Stroke. Stroke 2010, 41: 2840-2848. PMID: 21030710, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.110.586206.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute ischemic strokeHealth scale scoresControl subjectsIschemic strokeInfluence of ageScale scoreBaseline National InstitutesRankin Scale scoreNational InstituteLimited trial dataNeuroprotection trialsRankin scoreThrombolysis treatmentAcute strokeYounger patientsAge decilesPoor outcomeBaseline severityImproved outcomesPatientsHaenszel testTrial dataCochran-MantelThrombolysisLogistic regression