Drive-through Intraocular Pressure Checks During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Precis: A drive-through clinic was created to obtain intraocular pressure measurements before a virtual visit with their provider, in order to provide care for patients in the Kellogg Glaucoma Clinic while minimizing risk of COVID-19 transmission.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to establish a drive-through clinic model to provide glaucoma care for patients while minimizing the risk of COVID-19 transmission.

Patients And Methods: A drive-through clinic was created by adapting a 1-lane, 1-way driveway adjacent to the Kellogg Eye Center building entrance.

Identifying cardiovascular risk factors that impact cerebrovascular reactivity: An ASL MRI study.

Background: To maintain cerebral blood flow (CBF), cerebral blood vessels dilate and contract in response to blood supply through cerebrovascular reactivity (CR).

Purpose: Cardiovascular (CV) disease is associated with increased stroke risk, but which risk factors specifically impact CR is unknown.

Study Type: Prospective longitudinal.

Volume of subclinical embolic infarct correlates to long-term cognitive changes after carotid revascularization.

Objective: Carotid intervention is safe and effective in stroke prevention in appropriately selected patients. Despite minimal neurologic complications, procedure-related subclinical microemboli are common and their cognitive effects are largely unknown. In this prospective longitudinal study, we sought to determine long-term cognitive effects of embolic infarcts.

Eotaxin Augments Calcification in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells.

Calcification of atherosclerotic plaques in elderly patients represents a potent risk marker of cardiovascular events. Plasma analyses of patients with or without calcified plaques reveal significant differences in chemokines, particularly eotaxin, which escalates with increased calcification. We therefore, hypothesize that eotaxin in circulation augments calcification of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) possibly via oxidative stress in the vasculature.

Microembolization is associated with transient cognitive decline in patients undergoing carotid interventions.

Objective: Carotid interventions are important in helping to reduce the risk of stroke for patients with high-grade carotid artery stenosis; however, subclinical cerebral microemboli can occur during these procedures. Associations have been found between the incidence of microemboli and postoperative decline in memory. We therefore sought to determine whether this decline persisted long-term and to assess changes in other cognitive domains.

A Prospective Evaluation of Systemic Biomarkers and Cognitive Function Associated with Carotid Revascularization.

Objective: To determine factors affecting cognition and identify predictors of long-term cognitive impairment following carotid revascularization procedures.

Background: Cognitive impairment is common in older patients with carotid occlusive diseases.

Methods: Patients undergoing carotid intervention for severe occlusive diseases were prospectively recruited.