2021
Ipsilateral internal carotid artery web and acute ischemic stroke: A cohort study, systematic review and meta-analysis
Mac Grory B, Nossek E, Reznik ME, Schrag M, Jayaraman M, McTaggart R, de Havenon A, Yaghi S, Feng W, Furie K, Boyanpally A. Ipsilateral internal carotid artery web and acute ischemic stroke: A cohort study, systematic review and meta-analysis. PLOS ONE 2021, 16: e0257697. PMID: 34534252, PMCID: PMC8448368, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0257697.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCarotid artery webCarotid webIschemic stroke patientsCryptogenic strokeComputed tomography angiographyStroke patientsSystematic reviewCohort studyIschemic strokeRelative riskSimilar cohortAcute ischemic stroke patientsCompelling potential mechanismsCryptogenic stroke patientsComprehensive stroke centerAcute ischemic strokeEmbolic ischemic strokeEligible patientsSecondary preventionStroke centersStroke subtypesYounger patientsPooled prevalenceTomography angiographyPatients
2017
Advanced imaging in acute ischemic stroke.
Kilburg C, Scott McNally J, de Havenon A, Taussky P, Kalani MY, Park MS. Advanced imaging in acute ischemic stroke. Neurosurgical FOCUS 2017, 42: e10. PMID: 28366054, DOI: 10.3171/2017.1.focus16503.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute ischemic strokeLarge vessel occlusionTranscranial Doppler ultrasonographyCT angiographyVessel wall MRIMR angiographyIschemic strokeDoppler ultrasonographyVessel occlusionMRI techniquesCollateral blood flowImaging modalitiesConventional CTCharacteristics of lesionsFour-dimensional CT angiographyClot burdenCryptogenic strokeAcute settingStroke treatmentPatent foramenOccult lesionsInvasive alternativeBlood flowNew imaging modalityNatural history
2015
Nonstenotic Culprit Plaque: The Utility of High‐Resolution Vessel Wall MRI of Intracranial Vessels after Ischemic Stroke
de Havenon A, Yuan C, Tirschwell D, Hatsukami T, Anzai Y, Becker K, Sultan-Qurraie A, Mossa-Basha M. Nonstenotic Culprit Plaque: The Utility of High‐Resolution Vessel Wall MRI of Intracranial Vessels after Ischemic Stroke. Case Reports In Radiology 2015, 2015: 356582. PMID: 26346855, PMCID: PMC4543789, DOI: 10.1155/2015/356582.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIntracranial atherosclerotic diseaseIschemic strokeThromboembolic eventsClinical eventsHigh-resolution vessel wall MRIMultiple high-risk featuresPatient's clinical eventsPatients thromboembolic eventsHigh-risk featuresHigh-resolution magnetic resonance imagingMagnetic resonance imagingArterial vessel wallVessel wall MRINonstenotic plaquesAntiplatelet therapyCryptogenic strokeStroke workupThromboembolic strokeMedical managementAtherosclerotic diseaseHR-MRIIntracranial vesselsResonance imagingStrokeImaging modalitiesIschemic Stroke Patients with Active Malignancy or Extracardiac Shunts Are More Likely to Have a Right-to-Left Shunt Found by TCD Than Echocardiogram
de Havenon A, Moore A, Sultan-Qurraie A, Majersik JJ, Stoddard G, Tirschwell D. Ischemic Stroke Patients with Active Malignancy or Extracardiac Shunts Are More Likely to Have a Right-to-Left Shunt Found by TCD Than Echocardiogram. Translational Stroke Research 2015, 6: 361-364. PMID: 26205844, DOI: 10.1007/s12975-015-0414-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIschemic stroke patientsTranscranial DopplerActive malignancyLeft shuntIschemic strokeExtracardiac shuntsStroke patientsPositive transcranial DopplersRecent ischemic strokePercent of patientsComorbid medical conditionsPatent foramen ovalePulmonary arteriovenous malformationsDetection of rightNegative TTEOccult malignancyTOAST classificationCryptogenic strokeStroke subtypesForamen ovaleStandard workupShunt statusArteriovenous malformationsMedical conditionsPatients