2024
Intravenous Thrombolysis in Patients With Cervical Artery Dissection
Shu L, Akpokiere F, Mandel D, Field T, Leon Guerrero C, Henninger N, Muppa J, Affan M, Haq Lodhi O, Heldner M, Antonenko K, Seiffge D, Arnold M, Salehi Omran S, Crandall R, Lester E, López-Mena D, Arauz A, Nehme A, Boulanger M, Touzé E, Sousa J, Sargento-Freitas J, Barata V, Castro-Chaves P, Brito M, Khan M, Mallick D, Rothstein A, Khazaal O, Kaufmann J, Engelter S, Traenka C, Aguiar de Sousa D, Soares M, Rosa S, Zhou L, Gandhi P, Mancini S, Metanis I, Leker R, Pan K, Dantu V, Baumgartner K, Burton T, Von Rennenberg R, Nolte C, Choi R, MacDonald J, Bavarsad Shahripour R, Guo X, Ghannam M, Almajali M, Samaniego E, Rioux B, Zine-Eddine F, Poppe A, Fonseca A, Baptista M, Cruz D, Romoli M, De Marco G, Longoni M, Keser Z, Griffin K, Kuohn L, Frontera J, Amar J, Giles J, Zedde M, Pascarella R, Grisendi I, Nzwalo H, Liebeskind D, Molaie A, Cavalier A, Kam W, Mac Grory B, Al Kasab S, Anadani M, Kicielinski K, Eltatawy A, Chervak L, Chulluncuy Rivas R, Aziz Y, Mistry E, Bakradze E, Tran T, Rodrigo-Gisbert M, Requena M, Saleh Velez F, Garcia J, Muddasani V, de Havenon A, Sanchez S, Vishnu V, Yaddanapudi S, Adams L, Browngoehl A, Ranasinghe T, Dunston R, Lynch Z, Penckofer M, Siegler J, Mayer S, Willey J, Zubair A, Cheng Y, Sharma R, Marto J, Krupka D, Klein P, Nguyen T, Asad S, Sarwat Z, Balabhadra A, Patel S, Secchi T, Martins S, Mantovani G, Kim Y, Krishnaiah B, Elangovan C, Lingam S, Qureshi A, Fridman S, Alvarado A, Khasiyev F, Linares G, Mannino M, Terruso V, Tountopoulou A, Tentolouris-Piperas V, Martinez-Marino M, Carrasco Wall V, Indraswari F, El Jamal S, Liu S, Zhou M, Alvi M, Ali F, Sarvath M, Morsi R, Kass-Hout T, Shi F, Zhang J, Sokhi D, Said J, Mongare N, Simpkins A, Gomez R, Sen S, Ghani M, Elnazeir M, Wangqin R, Xiao H, Kala N, Khan F, Stretz C, Mohammadzadeh N, Goldstein E, Furie K, Yaghi S. Intravenous Thrombolysis in Patients With Cervical Artery Dissection. Neurology 2024, 103: e209843. PMID: 39298709, PMCID: PMC11415265, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000209843.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute ischemic stroke symptomsCervical artery dissectionFunctional independenceIntravenous thrombolysisIschemic stroke symptomsStroke symptomsArtery dissectionIncidence of symptomatic intracranial hemorrhageIschemic strokeSymptomatic intracranial hemorrhageSuspected ischemic strokeClass III evidenceMedian ageSymptomatic ICHIntracranial hemorrhageSecondary analysisGuideline recommendationsICH riskIII evidenceFunctional outcomesPatientsThrombolysisCeADYoung adultsDissectionCase-Control Study of Individuals With Small Fiber Neuropathy After COVID-19
McAlpine L, Zubair A, Joseph P, Spudich S. Case-Control Study of Individuals With Small Fiber Neuropathy After COVID-19. Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation 2024, 11: e200244. PMID: 38630952, PMCID: PMC11087026, DOI: 10.1212/nxi.0000000000200244.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInvasive cardiopulmonary exercise testingSmall fiber neuropathyCase-control studyFiber neuropathySkin biopsiesClinical response to treatmentNeurovascular dysregulationTreated with IVIGRetrospective chart reviewCase-control study of individualsRetrospective cohort studyResponse to treatmentCardiopulmonary exercise testingClass III evidenceMyalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndromeIVIG groupClinical responseNeuropathic symptomsChart reviewIVIGStudy of individualsCohort studyIII evidenceClinical trialsCOVID-19 illnessExternal validation of the SI2NCAL2C score for outcomes following cerebral venous thrombosis
Klein P, Shu L, Lindgren E, de Winter M, Siegler J, Simpkins A, Omran S, Heldner M, de Havenon A, Abdalkader M, Al Kasab S, Stretz C, Wu T, Wilson D, Asad S, Almallouhi E, Frontera J, Kuohn L, Rothstein A, Bakradze E, Henninger N, Zubair A, Sharma R, Kerrigan D, Aziz Y, Mistry E, van Kammen M, Tatlisumak T, Krzywicka K, Aguiar de Sousa D, Jood K, Field T, Yaghi S, Coutinho J, Nguyen T. External validation of the SI2NCAL2C score for outcomes following cerebral venous thrombosis. Journal Of Stroke And Cerebrovascular Diseases 2024, 33: 107720. PMID: 38614162, DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2024.107720.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCerebral venous thrombosisArea under the receiver operating characteristic curvePoor outcomeVenous thrombosisCentral nervous system infectionInternational retrospective studyNervous system infectionExternal validation cohortFocal neurological deficitsReceiver operating characteristic curvePoor outcome dataLevels of hemoglobinLack of follow-upPoorer outcome scoresConsecutive patientsClinical presentationRetrospective studyValidation cohortIntracerebral hemorrhageNeurological deficitsFollow-upOutcome scoresSystemic infectionLevels of glucoseInternational cohort
2023
Plasmapheresis Versus Intravenous Immunoglobulin in Patients With Autoimmune Neuromuscular and Neuro-immunological Conditions
Zubair A, Rethana M, Ma A, McAlpine L, Abulaban A, Munro B, Patwa H, Nowak R, Roy B. Plasmapheresis Versus Intravenous Immunoglobulin in Patients With Autoimmune Neuromuscular and Neuro-immunological Conditions. Journal Of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease 2023, 25: 11-17. PMID: 37611265, DOI: 10.1097/cnd.0000000000000439.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeuro-immunological diseaseIntravenous immunoglobulinAutoimmune neurological disordersAutoimmune neuromuscular disorderAdult patientsElderly patientsNeurological disordersNeuromuscular disordersChronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathyNational Inpatient Sample databaseNational Inpatient Sample datasetInflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathySafe therapeutic choiceRetrospective chart reviewAppropriate clinical settingSide effect profileDemyelinating polyradiculoneuropathyIVIG useChart reviewYounger patientsMyasthenia gravisEffect profileMedical historyPrimary diagnosisTherapeutic choice
2022
Characteristics and outcomes of postpartum cerebral venous sinus thrombosis: A subgroup analysis of the ACTION-CVT study
Fang T, Shu L, Elnazeir M, Zubair AS, Al Kasab S, Antonenko K, Heldner MR, Yaghi S, Henninger N, collaborators A. Characteristics and outcomes of postpartum cerebral venous sinus thrombosis: A subgroup analysis of the ACTION-CVT study. Journal Of Stroke And Cerebrovascular Diseases 2022, 31: 106865. PMID: 36332527, DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2022.106865.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCerebral venous sinus thrombosisVenous sinus thrombosisSinus thrombosisMajor hemorrhageNon-postpartum womenVenous thrombosis studyTreatment-related complicationsVenous thromboembolism recurrenceOne-year outcomesOne-year riskLong-term outcomesNon-pregnant femalesCause deathThromboembolism recurrenceVTE recurrenceEarly complicationsDischarge dispositionRankin ScaleSecondary outcomesVenous infarctionPostpartum statusPrimary outcomeFunctional disabilityIntracranial hemorrhagePotential confoundersDirect Oral Anticoagulants Versus Warfarin in the Treatment of Cerebral Venous Thrombosis (ACTION-CVT): A Multicenter International Study
Yaghi S, Shu L, Bakradze E, Omran S, Giles JA, Amar JY, Henninger N, Elnazeir M, Liberman AL, Moncrieffe K, Lu J, Sharma R, Cheng Y, Zubair AS, Simpkins AN, Li GT, Kung JC, Perez D, Heldner M, Scutelnic A, Seiffge D, Siepen B, Rothstein A, Khazaal O, Do D, Al Kasab S, Rahman LA, Mistry EA, Kerrigan D, Lafever H, Nguyen TN, Klein P, Aparicio H, Frontera J, Kuohn L, Agarwal S, Stretz C, Kala N, Jamal S, Chang A, Cutting S, Xiao H, de Havenon A, Muddasani V, Wu T, Wilson D, Nouh A, Asad SD, Qureshi A, Moore J, Khatri P, Aziz Y, Casteigne B, Khan M, Cheng Y, Mac Grory B, Weiss M, Ryan D, Vedovati MC, Paciaroni M, Siegler JE, Kamen S, Yu S, Guerrero C, Atallah E, De Marchis GM, Brehm A, Dittrich T, Psychogios M, Alvarado-Dyer R, Kass-Hout T, Prabhakaran S, Honda T, Liebeskind DS, Furie K. Direct Oral Anticoagulants Versus Warfarin in the Treatment of Cerebral Venous Thrombosis (ACTION-CVT): A Multicenter International Study. Stroke 2022, 53: 728-738. PMID: 35143325, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.121.037541.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCerebral venous thrombosisDirect oral anticoagulantsVenous thrombosisRecurrent venous thrombosisMajor hemorrhageInclusion criteriaDirect Oral Anticoagulants Versus WarfarinMulticenter international retrospective studyInverse probabilityInternational retrospective studySystemic venous thrombosisFavorable safety profileCox regression modelMulticenter international studyAnalysis inclusion criteriaBaseline imaging dataCVT patientsOral anticoagulationComplete recanalizationDOAC treatmentOral anticoagulantsRadiological outcomesRadiographic outcomesVersus WarfarinWarfarin treatment
2021
Ischemic Stroke, Inflammation, and Endotheliopathy in COVID-19 Patients
McAlpine LS, Zubair AS, Maran I, Chojecka P, Lleva P, Jasne AS, Navaratnam D, Matouk C, Schindler J, Sheth KN, Chun H, Lee AI, Spudich S, Sharma R, Sansing LH. Ischemic Stroke, Inflammation, and Endotheliopathy in COVID-19 Patients. Stroke 2021, 52: e233-e238. PMID: 33966492, PMCID: PMC8140646, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.120.031971.Peer-Reviewed Original Research