2020
Stroke Code Presentations, Interventions, and Outcomes Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Jasne AS, Chojecka P, Maran I, Mageid R, Eldokmak M, Zhang Q, Nystrom K, Vlieks K, Askenase M, Petersen N, Falcone GJ, Wira CR, Lleva P, Zeevi N, Narula R, Amin H, Navaratnam D, Loomis C, Hwang DY, Schindler J, Hebert R, Matouk C, Krumholz HM, Spudich S, Sheth KN, Sansing LH, Sharma R. Stroke Code Presentations, Interventions, and Outcomes Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Stroke 2020, 51: 2664-2673. PMID: 32755347, PMCID: PMC7446978, DOI: 10.1161/str.0000000000000347.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overBetacoronavirusBrain IschemiaCohort StudiesComorbidityConnecticutCoronary Artery DiseaseCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19DyslipidemiasEmergency Medical ServicesEthnicityFemaleHumansHypertensionIncomeInsurance, HealthIntracranial HemorrhagesMaleMedically UninsuredMiddle AgedOutcome and Process Assessment, Health CarePandemicsPneumonia, ViralRetrospective StudiesSARS-CoV-2Severity of Illness IndexStrokeSubstance-Related DisordersTelemedicineThrombectomyThrombolytic TherapyTime-to-TreatmentConceptsComprehensive stroke centerStroke codePatient characteristicsStroke severityStroke code patientsHistory of hypertensionStroke-like symptomsCoronary artery diseaseCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemicPatient-level dataLower median household incomePublic health initiativesDisease 2019 pandemicCOVID-19 pandemicRace/ethnicityCode patientsHospital presentationPublic health insuranceRankin ScaleStroke centersArtery diseaseReperfusion timeStroke symptomsEarly outcomesConnecticut hospitals
2016
Cerebral Microhemorrhages and Meningeal Siderosis in Infective Endocarditis
Malhotra A, Schindler J, Mac Grory B, Chu SY, Youn TS, Matouk C, Greer DM, Schrag M. Cerebral Microhemorrhages and Meningeal Siderosis in Infective Endocarditis. Cerebrovascular Diseases 2016, 43: 59-67. PMID: 27871078, DOI: 10.1159/000452718.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCerebral amyloid angiopathyInfective endocarditisSusceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI) sequencesSmall subarachnoid hemorrhageGradient-echo T2Sensitive diagnostic techniquesSWI MRIMycotic aneurysmSevere hypertensionGroups of subjectsAmyloid angiopathyCerebral insultCerebral microhemorrhagesNeurological involvementWorse prognosisSubarachnoid hemorrhageSWI findingsAcademic hospitalSignificant predilectionMicrohemorrhagesPatientsGRE T2HypertensionSiderosisEndocarditis