2024
Disability and Recurrent Stroke Among Participants in Stroke Prevention Trials
de Havenon A, Viscoli C, Kleindorfer D, Sucharew H, Delic A, Becker C, Robinson D, Yaghi S, Li V, Lansberg M, Cramer S, Mistry E, Sarpong D, Kasner S, Kernan W, Sheth K. Disability and Recurrent Stroke Among Participants in Stroke Prevention Trials. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e2423677. PMID: 39028666, PMCID: PMC11259901, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.23677.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrevention trialsPoststroke disabilityRecurrent stroke ratesRecurrent strokeCohort studyRate of recurrent strokeStroke Prevention TrialIncreased hazardInsulin Resistance InterventionSecondary prevention trialsBaseline disabilityAssociated with increased ratesStroke rateMain OutcomesFunctional statusResistance InterventionStudy baselineSecondary outcomesPrimary outcomeWorsening heart failureModified Rankin ScaleProfession's participationLong-term followVascular deathDisability
2022
Technical Dissonance in Home Blood Pressure Monitoring After Stroke: Having the Machine, but Not Using Correctly.
Forman R, Viscoli C, Meurer K, Sheth K, Sansing L, de Havenon A, Sharma R, Mariscal M, Kernan W. Technical Dissonance in Home Blood Pressure Monitoring After Stroke: Having the Machine, but Not Using Correctly. American Journal Of Hypertension 2022, 36: 195-200. PMID: 36520024, PMCID: PMC10016067, DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpac129.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHome blood pressure monitoringBlood pressure monitoringBlood pressurePressure monitoringNon-Hispanic white patientsProportion of patientsCross-sectional studyNon-Hispanic white participantsStroke recurrenceRate of useMost patientsPrimary outcomeWhite patientsRate of possessionPatientsUnderrepresented patientsArm cuffHypertensionStrokeCorrect useWhite participantsSignificant disparitiesEthnic groupsParticipantsQuality of techniqueCentral vs site outcome adjudication in the IRIS trial
Forman R, Viscoli CM, Bath PM, Furie KL, Guarino P, Inzucchi SE, Young L, Kernan WN. Central vs site outcome adjudication in the IRIS trial. Journal Of Stroke And Cerebrovascular Diseases 2022, 31: 106667. PMID: 35901589, DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2022.106667.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCentral adjudicationHazard ratioStroke definitionsRecent transient ischemic attackInsulin Resistance InterventionMain secondary outcomesShorter symptom durationTransient ischemic attackPrevention of strokeNormal brain imagingClinical trial researchIschemic attackIschemic strokeSecondary outcomesSymptom durationPrimary outcomeStroke trialsIRIS trialMyocardial infarctionOutcome definitionsStroke typeOutcome eventsAdjudicated eventsOutcome adjudicationResistance Intervention
2017
Smoking cessation and outcome after ischemic stroke or TIA
Epstein KA, Viscoli CM, Spence JD, Young LH, Inzucchi SE, Gorman M, Gerstenhaber B, Guarino PD, Dixit A, Furie KL, Kernan WN, Bladin C, Davis S, Wijeratne T, Levi C, Parsons M, Brodtmann A, Ng S, Archer J, Delcourt C, Winder T, Berger L, Boulanger J, Chan R, Spence J, Durocher A, Mackey A, Verreault S, Minuk J, Penn A, Shuaib A, Cote R, Selchen D, Bayer N, Sweet M, Malik S, Stotts G, Griewing B, Soda H, Weinhardt R, Berrouschot J, Stoll A, Witte O, Günther A, Bodechtel U, Schminke U, Hobohm C, Hetzel A, Lambeck J, Wartenberg K, Huttner H, Dittrich R, Nabavi D, Gröschel K, Thomalla G, Rosenkranz M, Jander S, Meisel A, Ludolph A, Althaus K, Huber R, Lorenz M, Tanne D, Merzlyak O, Bornstein N, Telman G, Lampl Y, Streifler J, Weller B, Ifergane G, Wirgin Y, Carolei A, Toni D, Stanzione P, Micieli G, Agnelli G, Caso V, Gandolfo C, Comi G, Consoli D, Rasura M, Di Lazzaro V, Dixit A, Jupp B, Shaw L, Salih I, Esisi B, Power M, Strain W, Elyas S, Manawadu D, Kalra L, O'Brien E, Warburton E, Chatterjee K, Hargroves D, Blight A, Moynihan B, Markus H, Macleod M, Broughton D, Rodgers H, Hlaing T, Muir S, Sajid M, Bath P, Price C, Sekaran L, Vahidassr D, Muir K, McIlmoyle J, Datta P, Davey R, Langhorne P, Stott D, Datta P, England T, Muhidden K, O'Connell J, Majmudar N, Schindler J, Clark W, Sethi P, Rordorf G, Kleindorfer D, Silliman S, Gorman M, Kelly M, Singleton L, Meyer B, Jackson C, Walker J, Ehtisham A, Goodpasture H, Wang D, Fayad P, Cordina S, Naritoku D, Chiu D, Lukovits T, Goddeau R, Clark‐Arbogast R, Leigh R, Wityk R, Pettigrew L, Tayal A, Jarouse J, Friday G, Sen S, Kim A, Johnston S, Elkins J, Barrett A, Leira E, Kelly A, Burgin S, Rempe D, Jacoby M, Hughes D, Majersik J, Skalabrin E, Lee J, Hsu C, Sundararajan S, Slivka A, Minagar A, Alicic R, Geraghty M, Kase C, Lansberg M, Albers G, Dietrich D, Hanna J, Gentile N, Santiago F, Katzan I, Ching M, Sawyer, Warwick T, Yilmaz E, Pedelty L, Schneck M, Coull B, Solenski N, Johnston K, Lee V, Prabhakaran S, Johnson M, Silverman I, Salgado M, Birkhahn R, Strawsburg R, Altafullah I, Cohen D, Zweifler R, Lee Kwen P, Hammer M, Vora N, Tietjen G, Albakri E, Dandapani B, Jickling G, Verro P, Roller M, Hughes R, Simpson J, Vidic T, Lash S, Sigsbee B, Rosenbaum D, Fonzetti P, Fleck J, Goldszmidt A, Alexandrov A, Halsey J, Hart R, Sattin J, Kumar S, Book D, Torbey M, Poock J, King M, Graham G, Sung G, Mirsen T, Dromerick A, Runheim A, Jackson C, Feen E, Reichwein R, Waters M, Amory C, Bernardini G, Bell R, Diamond B, Rosenbaum D, Palestrant D, Segal A, Burger K, Schwartz R, Mitsias P, Kramer J, Kramer J, Robbins D, Silver B, Easton J, Feldmann E, Rymer M, Dorssom J, Ali L, Ovbiagele B, Kirshner H. Smoking cessation and outcome after ischemic stroke or TIA. Neurology 2017, 89: 1723-1729. PMID: 28887378, PMCID: PMC5644463, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000004524.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMyocardial infarctionIschemic strokeIndex eventProspective observational cohort studyInsulin Resistance InterventionHistory of hypertensionObservational cohort studyDiastolic blood pressureHistory of strokeCoronary artery diseaseTime of randomizationTobacco use historySignificant health benefitsRecurrent strokeNondiabetic menCohort studyCurrent smokersTrial cohortArtery diseaseBlood pressurePrimary outcomeIRIS trialStroke trialsCigarette smokingSmoking cessation
2016
Pioglitazone after Ischemic Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack
Kernan WN, Viscoli CM, Furie KL, Young LH, Inzucchi SE, Gorman M, Guarino PD, Lovejoy AM, Peduzzi PN, Conwit R, Brass LM, Schwartz GG, Adams HP, Berger L, Carolei A, Clark W, Coull B, Ford GA, Kleindorfer D, O'Leary JR, Parsons MW, Ringleb P, Sen S, Spence JD, Tanne D, Wang D, Winder TR. Pioglitazone after Ischemic Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack. New England Journal Of Medicine 2016, 374: 1321-1331. PMID: 26886418, PMCID: PMC4887756, DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1506930.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransient ischemic attackIschemic strokeInsulin resistanceMyocardial infarctionIschemic attackPrimary outcomeRecent ischemic strokeDouble-blind trialFuture cardiovascular eventsHomeostasis model assessmentInsulin resistance indexRisk of strokeEligible patientsNonfatal strokePioglitazone groupCardiovascular eventsCause mortalityPlacebo groupPreventive therapyCerebrovascular diseaseInsulin sensitivityRisk factorsResistance indexHigh riskLower risk