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A midlife stroke surge among women in the United StatesAmytis Towfighi
Stroke Center and Department of Neurology, University of California at Los Angeles, 710 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Neurology 69:1898-904. 2007..We assessed sex differences in stroke prevalence among individuals of midlife age (35 to 64 years) in the United States and determined factors predicting stroke...
Factors associated with the steep increase in late-midlife stroke occurrence among US menAmytis Towfighi
Stroke Center and Department of Neurology, University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 17:165-8. 2008..We aimed to determine potential risk factors that may contribute to this steep increase in late midlife stroke occurrence...
Stroke declines from third to fourth leading cause of death in the United States: historical perspective and challenges aheadAmytis Towfighi
Division of Stroke and Critical Care, Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Stroke 42:2351-5. 2011..Stroke recently declined from the third to the fourth leading cause of death in the United States, its first rank transition among sources of American mortality in nearly 75 years...- Utility of framingham coronary heart disease risk score for predicting cardiac risk after strokeAmytis Towfighi
7601 E Imperial Highway, HB145, Downey, CA 90242
Stroke 43:2942-7. 2012..We assessed the utility of the Framingham Coronary Heart Disease Risk Score (FCRS) as a prognosticator in stroke patients without known CHD... - Current national patterns of comorbid diabetes among acute ischemic stroke patientsAmytis Towfighi
Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
Cerebrovasc Dis 33:411-8. 2012.... - Temporal trends in risk of future cardiac events among stroke survivors in the United StatesAmytis Towfighi
Stroke Center and Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Int J Stroke 7:207-12. 2012..Long term, stroke survivors have a higher risk of death from cardiac causes than incident stroke. However, little is known about temporal trends in age- and gender-specific risk of future cardiac events among stroke survivors... - Sex-specific temporal trends in in-hospital mortality after stroke among middle-age individuals in the United StatesAmytis Towfighi
Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, 7601 E Imperial Highway, HB145, Downey, CA 90242, USA
Stroke 42:2740-5. 2011..To determine whether this is due to improved survival, we assessed temporal trends in sex-specific in-hospital mortality after stroke... - National gender-specific trends in myocardial infarction hospitalization rates among patients aged 35 to 64 yearsAmytis Towfighi
Stroke Center and Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
Am J Cardiol 108:1102-7. 2011..The slight increase in MI hospitalizations among women aged 35 to 44 years might have played a small role in the previously noted increases in MI prevalence among middle-age women... - Persistent sex disparity in midlife stroke prevalence in the United StatesAmytis Towfighi
Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 90033, USA
Cerebrovasc Dis 31:322-8. 2011..The aim of this study was to evaluate the validity of this finding by assessing the sex-specific midlife stroke prevalence in the most recent nationally representative, cross-sectional sample of US individuals... - Recent patterns of sex-specific midlife stroke hospitalization rates in the United StatesAmytis Towfighi
Division of Stroke and Critical Care, Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, 1510 San Pablo Street, HCC 643, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
Stroke 42:3029-33. 2011..Little is known about sex-specific stroke hospitalization rates among middle-aged individuals. This study assessed recent temporal trends in stroke hospitalizations among persons aged 35 to 64 years in the United States... - Pronounced association of elevated serum homocysteine with stroke in subgroups of individuals: a nationwide studyAmytis Towfighi
Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
J Neurol Sci 298:153-7. 2010.... - Weight of the obesity epidemic: rising stroke rates among middle-aged women in the United StatesAmytis Towfighi
Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif, USA
Stroke 41:1371-5. 2010..Recent US nationally representative data revealed that among individuals aged 45 to 54 years, women's stroke prevalence was double that of men's. The purpose of this study was to determine if the sex disparity existed previously... - Impact of a healthy lifestyle on all-cause and cardiovascular mortality after stroke in the USAAmytis Towfighi
Division of Stroke and Critical Care, Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 83:146-51. 2012..This study assessed whether five healthy lifestyle factors had independent and dose dependent associations with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality after stroke... - Partial peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor agonist angiotensin receptor blockers. Potential multipronged strategy in stroke preventionAmytis Towfighi
Division of Stroke and Critical Care, Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
Cerebrovasc Dis 26:106-12. 2008..Since up to 50% of the patients with ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attack harbor insulin resistance, drugs that simultaneously control hypertension and insulin resistance could be particularly useful for stroke prevention... - Metabolic syndrome and strokeAmytis Towfighi
Division of Stroke and Critical Care, Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, 1510 San Pablo Street, HCC 643, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
Curr Diab Rep 8:37-41. 2008.... - The impact of body mass index on mortality after strokeAmytis Towfighi
Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Stroke 40:2704-8. 2009..Little is known about the contribution of obesity to the higher mortality risk among stroke survivors. We assessed the independent association between body mass index (BMI) and mortality among stroke survivors... - Sex-specific trends in midlife coronary heart disease risk and prevalenceAmytis Towfighi
Division of Stroke and Critical Care, Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
Arch Intern Med 169:1762-6. 2009..This study aimed to determine sex-specific midlife prevalence of myocardial infarction (MI) and risk of future coronary heart disease... - Therapeutic milestone: stroke declines from the second to the third leading organ- and disease-specific cause of death in the United StatesAmytis Towfighi
Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif 90033, USA
Stroke 41:499-503. 2010..Stroke mortality rates declined for much of the second half of the 20th century, but recent trends and their relation to other organ- and disease-specific causes of death have not been characterized... - Preprocedural basal ganglionic infarction increases the risk of hemorrhagic transformation but not worse outcome following successful recanalization of acute middle cerebral artery occlusionsYince Loh
Department of Neurosurgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
World Neurosurg 74:636-40. 2010..We postulate that the structures of the deep MCA field are particularly vulnerable to hemorrhagic transformation (HT) following reperfusion... - Recent age- and gender-specific trends in mortality during stroke hospitalization in the United StatesBruce Ovbiagele
Stroke Center and Department of Neurology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Int J Stroke 6:379-87. 2011..We assessed the impact of age and gender on nationwide patterns of in-hospital mortality after stroke... - Clinical outcomes in middle cerebral artery trunk occlusions versus secondary division occlusions after mechanical thrombectomy: pooled analysis of the Mechanical Embolus Removal in Cerebral Ischemia (MERCI) and Multi MERCI trialsZhong Song Shi
Division of Interventional Neuroradiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 757 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095 7437, USA
Stroke 41:953-60. 2010..In this analysis, we compared revascularization status and clinical outcomes in patients with angiographically confirmed MCA M1 versus isolated M2 occlusions treated with mechanical thrombectomy using the Merci Retriever devices... - No time to 'weight': the link between obesity and stroke in womenDaphne Antillon
Department of Epidemiology, Loma Linda University, CA, USA
Womens Health (Lond Engl) 7:453-63. 2011..This article reviews the association between stroke and general obesity, abdominal obesity and metabolic syndrome in women. All three factors have been shown to independently increase stroke risk in women... - Endovascular thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke in failed intravenous tissue plasminogen activator versus non-intravenous tissue plasminogen activator patients: revascularization and outcomes stratified by the site of arterial occlusionsZhong Song Shi
Division of Interventional Neuroradiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 757 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095 7437, USA
Stroke 41:1185-92. 2010..We compared patients treated by mechanical embolus removal in cerebral ischemia (MERCI) thrombectomy after failed IV tPA with those treated with thrombectomy alone... - Efficacy of fibrates for cardiovascular risk reduction in persons with atherogenic dyslipidemia: a meta-analysisMeng Lee
Stroke Center and Department of Neurology, Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Atherosclerosis 217:492-8. 2011..We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to investigate the influence of fibrates on vascular risk reduction in persons with atherogenic dyslipidemia... - Randomized, controlled trial of an intervention to enable stroke survivors throughout the Los Angeles County safety net to "stay with the guidelines"Eric M Cheng
Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, and Department of Neurology, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA 90073, USA
Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 4:229-34. 2011..Stroke is the leading cause of adult disability. Inpatient programs optimize secondary stroke prevention care at the time of hospital discharge, but such care may not be continued after hospital discharge... - A computerized algorithm for etiologic classification of ischemic stroke: the Causative Classification of Stroke SystemHakan Ay
AA Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging and Stroke Service, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 149 13th Street, Room 2301, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
Stroke 38:2979-84. 2007..In this article, we present an automated version of the SSS-TOAST, the Causative Classification System (CCS), to facilitate its utility in multicenter settings... - Extracranial-intracranial bypass surgery for stroke prevention in hemodynamic cerebral ischemia: the Carotid Occlusion Surgery Study randomized trialWilliam J Powers
Department of Neurology, Box 7025, Room 2131, 170 Manning Dr, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
JAMA 306:1983-92. 2011..Patients with symptomatic atherosclerotic internal carotid artery occlusion (AICAO) and hemodynamic cerebral ischemia are at high risk for subsequent stroke when treated medically... - CT and MRI early vessel signs reflect clot composition in acute strokeDavid S Liebeskind
UCLA Stroke Center, 710 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Stroke 42:1237-43. 2011..The purpose of this study was to provide the first correlative study of the hyperdense middle cerebral artery sign (HMCAS) and gradient-echo MRI blooming artifact (BA) with pathology of retrieved thrombi in acute ischemic stroke... - Basal ganglionic infarction before mechanical thrombectomy predicts poor outcomeYince Loh
Division of Neurosurgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, Calif, USA
Stroke 40:3315-20. 2009..Use of mechanical thrombectomy for acute cerebrovascular occlusions is increasing. Preintervention MRI patterns may be helpful in predicting prognosis... - Treatment and prevention of primary intracerebral hemorrhageAmytis Towfighi
Vascular and Critical Care Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
Semin Neurol 25:445-52. 2005....