Correlation of CT perfusion with MRI brain in symptomatic carotid artery stenosis.

Background: Cerebral white matter disease and large vessel cerebral steno-occlusive are both associated with high incidence of strokes and mortality. There is a lack of literature correlating the cerebral perfusion downstream of a stenotic lesion with white matter changes in the cerebral hemispheres. The aim of this study was to correlate the white matter changes in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with computed tomography (CT) perfusion parameters in patients with symptomatic carotid stenosis.

Exploratory analysis of the suitability of data from the civil registration system for estimating excess mortality due to COVID-19 in Faridabad district of India.

Background & Objectives: Due to shortcomings in death registration and medical certification, the excess death approach is recommended for COVID-19 mortality burden estimation. In this study the data from the civil registration system (CRS) from one district in India was explored for its suitability in the estimation of excess deaths, both directly and indirectly attributable to COVID-19.

Methods: All deaths registered on the CRS portal at the selected registrar's office of Faridabad district in Haryana between January 2016 and September 2021 were included.

Mortality in India established through verbal autopsies (MINErVA): Strengthening national mortality surveillance system in India.

Background: Following data access and storage concerns, Government of India transferred the management of its Sample Registration System (SRS) based mortality surveillance (formerly known as the Million Death Study) to an Indian agency. This paper introduces the new system, challenges it faced and its vision for future.

Methods: The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, the new nodal agency, established the "Mortality in India Established through Verbal Autopsy" (MINErVA) platform with state level partners across India in November 2017.