StrokePub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-10-02DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.123.043480
Matthew M Bower, James A Giles, Lauren H Sansing, J Ricardo Carhuapoma, Daniel Woo
{"title":"Stroke Controversies and Debates: Imaging in Intracerebral Hemorrhage.","authors":"Matthew M Bower, James A Giles, Lauren H Sansing, J Ricardo Carhuapoma, Daniel Woo","doi":"10.1161/STROKEAHA.123.043480","DOIUrl":"10.1161/STROKEAHA.123.043480","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21989,"journal":{"name":"Stroke","volume":" ","pages":"2765-2771"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11536919/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142362099","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
StrokePub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-10-02DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.124.048243
Mitch Wilson, Diego Incontri, Stephanie Vu, Sarah Marchina, Jia-Yi Wang, Alexander Andreev, Elizabeth Heistand, Filipa Carvalho, Magdy Selim, Vasileios-Arsenios Lioutas
{"title":"Association of Anticoagulant Use With Hemorrhage Location and Etiology in Incident Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage.","authors":"Mitch Wilson, Diego Incontri, Stephanie Vu, Sarah Marchina, Jia-Yi Wang, Alexander Andreev, Elizabeth Heistand, Filipa Carvalho, Magdy Selim, Vasileios-Arsenios Lioutas","doi":"10.1161/STROKEAHA.124.048243","DOIUrl":"10.1161/STROKEAHA.124.048243","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>It is unknown whether hypertensive microangiopathy or cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) predisposes more to anticoagulant-associated intracerebral hemorrhage (AA-ICH). The purpose of our study was to determine whether AA-ICH is associated with lobar location and probable CAA.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This was a cross-sectional analysis of patients with first-ever spontaneous ICH admitted to a tertiary hospital in Boston, between 2008 and 2023. Univariable and multivariable logistic regression were used to investigate the association between anticoagulation use and both lobar hemorrhage location and probable CAA on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) by Boston Criteria 2.0 or computed tomography by Simplified Edinburgh Criteria.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 1104 patients (mean [SD] age, 73 [12]; 499 females [45.0%]) were included. Of the 1104 patients, 268 (24.3%) had AA-ICH: 148 (55.2%) with vitamin K antagonists and 107 (39.9%) with direct oral anticoagulants. Brain MRI was performed in 695 (63.0%) patients. The proportion of patients with lobar hemorrhage was not different between those with and without AA-ICH (121/268 [45.1%] versus 424/836 [50.7%]; odds ratio [OR], 0.80 [95% CI, 0.61-1.05]; <i>P</i>=0.113). Patients with AA-ICH were less likely to have probable CAA on MRI (17/146 [11.6%] versus 127/549 [23.1%]; OR, 0.44 [95% CI, 0.25-0.75]; <i>P</i>=0.002) and probable CAA on MRI or computed tomography if MRI not performed (27/268 [10.0%] versus 200/836 [23.9%]; OR, 0.36 [95% CI, 0.23-0.55]; <i>P</i><0.001). Among patients with AA-ICH, there were no differences in the proportion with lobar hemorrhage (63/148 [42.6%] versus 46/107 [43.0%]; OR, 1.02 [95% CI, 0.62-1.68]; <i>P</i>=0.946) or probable CAA on MRI (10/72 [13.9%] versus 7/69 [10.1%]; OR, 0.70 [95% CI, 0.25-1.96]; <i>P</i>=0.495) between vitamin K antagonists and direct oral anticoagulant users.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>AA-ICH was not associated with lobar hemorrhage location but was associated with reduced odds of probable CAA. These results suggest that hypertensive microangiopathy may predispose more toward incident AA-ICH than CAA and emphasize the importance of blood pressure control among anticoagulant users. These findings require replication in additional cohorts.</p>","PeriodicalId":21989,"journal":{"name":"Stroke","volume":" ","pages":"2677-2684"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142362096","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
StrokePub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-10-21DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.124.048174
Ying Xian, Shen Li, Tian Jiang, Chandler D Beon, Remy Poudel, Kathie Thomas, Mathew J Reeves, Eric E Smith, Jeffrey L Saver, Kevin N Sheth, Steven R Messé, Lee H Schwamm, Gregg C Fonarow
{"title":"Twenty Years of Sustained Improvement in Quality of Care and Outcomes for Patients Hospitalized With Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack: Data From The Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Program.","authors":"Ying Xian, Shen Li, Tian Jiang, Chandler D Beon, Remy Poudel, Kathie Thomas, Mathew J Reeves, Eric E Smith, Jeffrey L Saver, Kevin N Sheth, Steven R Messé, Lee H Schwamm, Gregg C Fonarow","doi":"10.1161/STROKEAHA.124.048174","DOIUrl":"10.1161/STROKEAHA.124.048174","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The Get With The Guidelines-Stroke program is a quality improvement initiative designed to enhance adherence to evidence-based stroke care. Since its inception in 2003, over 2800 hospitals in the United States have participated in the program.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We examined patient characteristics, adherence to performance measures, and in-hospital outcomes in patients hospitalized for acute ischemic stroke, subarachnoid hemorrhage, intracerebral hemorrhage, and transient ischemic attack in The Get With The Guidelines-Stroke hospitals from 2003 through 2022. We quantified temporal changes in performance measure adherence and clinical outcomes over time. Performance measure denominators consisted of patients who were eligible, excluding those with contraindications.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Over the 20 years of the program, a total of 7837 849 stroke cases (median age 71 years, 51.0% female; 69.2% ischemic strokes, 3.9% SAHs, 11.5% ICHs, and 15.3% TIAs) were entered into the registry. Except for antithrombotics at discharge, in which the baseline performance was >92%, there was sustained improvement in all performance metrics regardless of type of cerebrovascular event (<i>P</i><0.01 for all). In patients with acute ischemic stroke, large improvements were observed for anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation (55.7% in 2003 to 97.2% in 2022), smoking cessation counseling (44.7%-97.8%), dysphagia screening (53.8%-83.5%), thrombolytic treatment for patients arriving by 3.5 hours, treat by 4.5 hours (15.2%-92.9%), door-to-needle time within 60 minutes (19.0%-75.3%), and endovascular door-to-puncture time within 90 minutes (54.7%-62.8%). Similar improvements were also observed for measures relevant to patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage, intracerebral hemorrhage, and transient ischemic attack. Multivariable analysis showed that there was a sustained increase in odds of receiving each performance measure over time, independent of patient and hospital characteristics for each type of cerebrovascular event. After risk adjustment, there were temporal trends that patients were less likely to be discharged to a skilled nursing facility, and, for ischemic stroke only, more likely to be discharged directly home.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>During the first 20 years, Get With The Guidelines-Stroke participation was associated with sustained improvement in evidence-based care and outcomes for patients with stroke and transient ischemic attack in the United States.</p>","PeriodicalId":21989,"journal":{"name":"Stroke","volume":" ","pages":"2599-2610"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11518659/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142475200","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
StrokePub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-10-17DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.124.047257
Victor Lomachinsky Torres, Julianne D Brooks, Maria A Donahue, Shuo Sun, John Hsu, Mary Price, Deborah Blacker, Lee H Schwamm, Joseph P Newhouse, Sebastien Haneuse, Lidia M V R Moura
{"title":"Benzodiazepine Utilization in Ischemic Stroke Survivors: Analyzing Initial Excess Supply and Longitudinal Trends.","authors":"Victor Lomachinsky Torres, Julianne D Brooks, Maria A Donahue, Shuo Sun, John Hsu, Mary Price, Deborah Blacker, Lee H Schwamm, Joseph P Newhouse, Sebastien Haneuse, Lidia M V R Moura","doi":"10.1161/STROKEAHA.124.047257","DOIUrl":"10.1161/STROKEAHA.124.047257","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Benzodiazepines are commonly prescribed for post-acute ischemic stroke for anxiety, insomnia, and agitation. While guidelines discourage use in those aged ≥65 years, little is known about prescription patterns at the national level.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We analyzed a 20% sample of US Medicare claims from April 1, 2013, to September 30, 2021. We selected beneficiaries aged ≥65 years discharged alive following an acute ischemic stroke who had traditional Medicare coverage and 6 months' prior enrollment in Parts A (hospital insurance), B (Medical insurance), and D (drug coverage). We excluded those with prior benzodiazepine prescriptions, self-discharges, or discharge to skilled nursing facilities. We examined demographics, comorbidities, first prescription days' supply, cumulative incidences of benzodiazepine first prescription fills within 90 days after discharge, and geographic and yearly trends.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We included 126 050 beneficiaries with a mean age of 78 years (SD, 8); 54% were female and 82% were White. Within 90 days, 6127 (4.9%) initiated a benzodiazepine. Among new prescriptions, lorazepam (40%) and alprazolam (33%) were the most prescribed. Most (76%) of first fills had a day's supply over 7 days and 55% between 15 and 30 days. Female initiation rates were higher (5.5% [95% CI, 5.3-5.7]) than male initiation rates (3.8% [95% CI, 3.6%-3.9%]). Rates were highest in the southeast (5.1% [95% CI, 4.8%-5.3%]) and lowest in the midwest (4.0% [95% CI, 3.8%-4.3%]), with a modest nationwide initiation decline from 2013 to 2021 (cumulative incidence difference, 1.6%).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Despite a gradual decline in benzodiazepine initiation from 2013 to 2021, we noted excessive supplies in prescriptions post-acute ischemic stroke discharge, underscoring the need for improved policies.</p>","PeriodicalId":21989,"journal":{"name":"Stroke","volume":" ","pages":"2694-2702"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142475194","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
StrokePub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-07-01DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.124.046218
Ana Paula Beck da Silva Etges, Carisi Anne Polanczyk, Junaid Nabi
{"title":"Revitalizing Stroke Care: The LEADER Strategy for Sustainable Transformation in Health Care Delivery.","authors":"Ana Paula Beck da Silva Etges, Carisi Anne Polanczyk, Junaid Nabi","doi":"10.1161/STROKEAHA.124.046218","DOIUrl":"10.1161/STROKEAHA.124.046218","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21989,"journal":{"name":"Stroke","volume":" ","pages":"e312-e315"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141470748","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
StrokePub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-09-30DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.124.047862
Dongpei Yin, Chen Wang, Vikramjeet Singh, Ali Ata Tuz, Thorsten R Doeppner, Matthias Gunzer, Dirk M Hermann
{"title":"Delayed DNase-I Administration but Not Gasdermin-D Inhibition Induces Hemorrhagic Transformation After Transient Focal Cerebral Ischemia in Mice.","authors":"Dongpei Yin, Chen Wang, Vikramjeet Singh, Ali Ata Tuz, Thorsten R Doeppner, Matthias Gunzer, Dirk M Hermann","doi":"10.1161/STROKEAHA.124.047862","DOIUrl":"10.1161/STROKEAHA.124.047862","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21989,"journal":{"name":"Stroke","volume":" ","pages":"e297-e299"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142354114","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
StrokePub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-09-26DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.124.047899
Jing Pan, Hai-Yan Zhou, Jun Liu
{"title":"Hot Cross Bun Sign After Cerebellar Stroke.","authors":"Jing Pan, Hai-Yan Zhou, Jun Liu","doi":"10.1161/STROKEAHA.124.047899","DOIUrl":"10.1161/STROKEAHA.124.047899","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21989,"journal":{"name":"Stroke","volume":" ","pages":"e304-e305"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142354118","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
StrokePub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-10-11DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.124.047311
Alexandre Bani-Sadr, Marc Hermier, Charles de Bourguignon, Laura Mechtouff, Omer F Eker, Matteo Cappucci, Emanuele Tommasino, Anna Martin, Tae-Hee Cho, Laurent Derex, Nobert Nighoghossian, Yves Berthezene
{"title":"Oxygen Extraction Fraction Mapping on Admission Magnetic Resonance Imaging May Predict Recovery of Hyperacute Ischemic Brain Lesions After Successful Thrombectomy: A Retrospective Observational Study.","authors":"Alexandre Bani-Sadr, Marc Hermier, Charles de Bourguignon, Laura Mechtouff, Omer F Eker, Matteo Cappucci, Emanuele Tommasino, Anna Martin, Tae-Hee Cho, Laurent Derex, Nobert Nighoghossian, Yves Berthezene","doi":"10.1161/STROKEAHA.124.047311","DOIUrl":"10.1161/STROKEAHA.124.047311","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>In acute stroke, diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) is used to assess the ischemic core. Dynamic-susceptibility contrast perfusion magnetic resonance imaging allows an estimation of the oxygen extraction fraction (OEF), but the outcome of DWI lesions with increased OEF postrecanalization is unclear. This study investigated the impact of OEF on the fate of DWI lesions in patients achieving recanalization after thrombectomy.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This was a retrospective analysis of the HIBISCUS-STROKE cohort (Cohort of Patients to Identify Biological and Imaging Markers of Cardiovascular Outcomes in Stroke; NCT: 03149705), a single-center observational study that prospectively enrolled patients who underwent magnetic resonance imaging triage for thrombectomy and a day-6 T2-fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) magnetic resonance imaging. Automated postprocessing of admission dynamic-susceptibility contrast perfusion magnetic resonance imaging generated OEF maps. At visual analysis, the OEF status within DWI lesions was assessed in comparison to the contralateral side and correlated with volume changes (difference of ischemic lesion between admission DWI and registered day-6 T2-FLAIR). At voxel-based analysis, recovered DWI regions (lesions present on the admission DWI but absent on the registered day-6 T2-FLAIR) and nonrecovered regions were segmented to extract semiquantitative OEF values.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of the participants enrolled from 2016 to 2022, 134 of 321 (41.7%) were included (median age, 71.0 years; 58.2% male; median baseline National Institutes of Health Scale score, 15.0). At visual analysis, 46 of 134 (34.3%) patients had increased OEF within DWI lesions. These patients were more likely to show a reduction in ischemic lesion volumes compared with those without increased OEF (median change, -4.0 versus 4.8 mL; <i>P</i><0.0001). Multivariable analysis indicated that increased OEF within DWI lesions was associated with a reduction in ischemic lesion volumes from admission DWI to day-6 T2-FLAIR (odds ratio, 0.68 [95% CI, 0.49-0.87]; <i>P</i>=0.008). At voxel-based analysis, recovered DWI regions had increased OEF, while nonrecovered regions had decreased OEF (median, 126.9% versus -27.0%; <i>P</i><0.0001).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Increased OEF within hyperacute DWI lesions was associated with ischemic lesion recovery between admission DWI and day-6 T2-FLAIR in patients achieving recanalization after thrombectomy.</p><p><strong>Registration: </strong>URL: https://www.clinicaltrials.gov; Unique identifier: NCT03149705.</p>","PeriodicalId":21989,"journal":{"name":"Stroke","volume":" ","pages":"2685-2693"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142401380","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}