2023
Polygenic Susceptibility to Hypertension and Blood Pressure Control in Stroke Survivors
Acosta J, Both C, Demarais Z, Conlon C, Leasure A, Torres-Lopez V, de Havenon A, Petersen N, Gill T, Sansing L, Sheth K, Falcone G. Polygenic Susceptibility to Hypertension and Blood Pressure Control in Stroke Survivors. Neurology 2023, 100: e1587-e1597. PMID: 36690452, PMCID: PMC10103110, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000206763.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWorse BP controlUncontrolled blood pressureDiastolic blood pressureBlood pressureStroke survivorsPolygenic risk scoresBP controlPolygenic susceptibilityMean diastolic blood pressureMean systolic blood pressureStroke Prevention TrialBlood pressure controlSystolic blood pressureResistant hypertensionVascular eventsHemorrhagic strokePrevention trialsVitamin InterventionMultivariable modelRisk scoreGenetic predispositionPressure controlLogistic regressionSurvivorsHypertension
2022
Baseline Serum Biomarkers of Inflammation and Subsequent Visit-to-Visit Blood Pressure Variability: A Post Hoc Analysis of MESA
Wong KH, Muddasani V, Peterson C, Sheibani N, Arkin C, Cheong I, Majersik JJ, Biffi A, Petersen N, Falcone GJ, Sansing LH, de Havenon AH. Baseline Serum Biomarkers of Inflammation and Subsequent Visit-to-Visit Blood Pressure Variability: A Post Hoc Analysis of MESA. American Journal Of Hypertension 2022, 36: 144-147. PMID: 36315490, PMCID: PMC11484580, DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpac122.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlood pressure variabilityHigh blood pressure variabilitySerum inflammatory markersPlasmin-antiplasmin complexC-reactive proteinInterleukin-6Inflammatory markersBlood pressureStudy visitPressure variabilityBaseline serum IL-6Visit blood pressure variabilityLipid-lowering medicationsMean blood pressureSerum IL-6Markers of inflammationSystolic blood pressureBaseline study visitBody mass indexOnly IL-6Major vascular diseasesMulti-Ethnic StudyBaseline serum biomarkersPatient age categoryPost Hoc Analysis
2021
Intracerebral Hemorrhage with Intraventricular Extension Associated with Loss of Consciousness at Symptom Onset
Witsch J, Falcone GJ, Leasure AC, Matouk C, Endres M, Sansing L, Woo D, Sheth KN. Intracerebral Hemorrhage with Intraventricular Extension Associated with Loss of Consciousness at Symptom Onset. Neurocritical Care 2021, 35: 418-427. PMID: 33479920, PMCID: PMC8578176, DOI: 10.1007/s12028-020-01180-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLoss of consciousnessIntraventricular hemorrhageIntracerebral hemorrhageSymptom onsetICH onsetUnfavorable outcomeAdmission Glasgow Coma ScoreAdmission systolic blood pressureOnset of ICHGlasgow Coma ScoreSystolic blood pressureSpontaneous intracerebral hemorrhageAdmission serum glucoseThousand seven hundredVolumetric CT measurementsBackgroundIn patientsComa ScoreBlood pressureMedical chartsICH volumeMental statusSerum glucoseICH casesInclusion criteriaPatients