Publications by authors named "Rosand J"

Background: Survivors of intracerebral hemorrhage are at risk for recurrent intracerebral hemorrhage and ischemic cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease.

Objective: To determine whether antiplatelet therapy increases the risk of recurrent intracerebral hemorrhage.

Methods: The authors reviewed data from consecutive survivors of primary intracerebral hemorrhage enrolled in a single-center prospective cohort study.

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Background: Microvascular brain injury, typically measured by extent of white matter hyperintensity (WMH) on MRI, is an important contributor to cognitive impairment in the elderly. Recent studies suggest a role for circulating beta-amyloid peptide in microvascular dysfunction and white matter disease.

Methods: The authors performed a cross-sectional study of clinical, biochemical, and genetic factors associated with WMH in 54 subjects with Alzheimer disease (AD) or mild cognitive impairment (AD/MCI) and an independent group of 42 subjects with cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA).

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Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), which constitutes 10 to 15% of all strokes and affects approximately 65,000 people each year in the United States, has the highest mortality rate of all stroke subtypes. Hypertension, cerebral amyloid angiopathy, and anticoagulation underlie the majority of cases of ICH. Warfarin not only increases the risk but also increases the severity of ICH by causing hematoma expansion.

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Background And Purpose: Life-threatening intracranial hemorrhage, predominantly intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), is the most serious complication of oral anticoagulant therapy (OAT), with mortality in excess of 50%. Early intervention focuses on rapid correction of coagulopathy in order to prevent continued bleeding.

Summary Of Review: This article reviews the epidemiology of OAT-associated ICH (OAT-ICH), and current treatment options, with the aim of providing a framework for future studies of unresolved questions.

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Background And Purpose: Anticoagulation-related intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is often fatal, and rapid reversal of anticoagulation is the most appealing strategy currently available for treatment. We sought to determine whether particular emergency department (ED) interventions are effective in reversing coagulopathy and improving outcome.

Methods: Consecutive patients with warfarin-related ICH presenting to an urban tertiary care hospital from 1998 to 2004 were prospectively captured in a database.

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Introduction: Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) occurs from the rupture of small vessels into the brain parenchyma and accounts for approximately 10% of all strokes in the United States, and carries with it a significantly high morbidity and mortality.

Summary: This article reviews the course and management of ICH. The most common chronic vascular diseases that lead to ICH are chronic hypertension and cerebral amyloid angiopathy.

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Neuroimaging by CT or MR imaging is necessary for the identification of hemorrhagic stroke and provides information about its cause. The appearance of intracranial hematoma (ICH) on CT and MR imaging evolves over time and must be understood to facilitate accurate diagnosis. The cause of ICH varies by location.

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Introduction: Inconsistencies in the recommendation of prophylactic antibiotics for patients with intracranial pressure monitors compelled us to assess the effect of our standard regimen of continuous antibiotic prophylaxis on cerebrospinal fluid infection. We examined the rate, possible risk factors, causative organisms, and characteristics of infection.

Methods: Three hundred eleven patients admitted between September 1998 and February 2001 with an intracranial pressure monitoring device in place were included.

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Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is a common cause of symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), as well as small asymptomatic hemorrhage in the elderly. We used gradient-echo MRI to analyze spatial distribution of 321 hemorrhages in 59 patients with probable CAA-related ICH. Hemorrhagic lesions were found preferentially in the temporal (ratio of actual to expected hemorrhages = 1.

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Background And Purpose: Symptomatic hemorrhagic transformation (HT) is a significant complication of intravenous and catheter-based reperfusion. We hypothesized that the degree of vascular insufficiency, reflected as hypoattenuation on initial CT angiography (CTA) axial source images, is predictive of HT risk in stroke patients receiving intra-arterial reperfusion therapy.

Methods: We examined initial CTA source images and follow-up CT scans in 32 consecutive patients.

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Background: The risk for atrial fibrillation-associated stroke increases at low anticoagulation intensities. However, higher intensities increase hemorrhage risk. Optimal use of warfarin for atrial fibrillation requires precise information on the risk for intracranial hemorrhage as a function of patient age and anticoagulation intensity.

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Background: Accumulating evidence suggests that white matter lesions are associated with vascular cognitive impairment. The authors investigated the relationships between white matter lesions, cognitive impairment, and risk of recurrent hemorrhage in a prospectively identified cohort of patients with lobar intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH).

Methods: The authors collected clinical and genetic information on 182 consecutive patients age > or = 55 who had CT scan at admission for lobar ICH.

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We review accumulating evidence that cerebrovascular amyloid deposition (cerebral amyloid angiopathy [CAA]) is an independent risk factor for cognitive dysfunction. The two population-based autopsy studies that have analyzed cognitive status during life as a function of CAA have each suggested deleterious effects of CAA on cognition even after controlling for age and Alzheimer disease pathology. We also review data from patients with CAA-related intracerebral hemorrhage (the one form of CAA that can be noninvasively recognized) suggesting associations of CAA with radiographic white matter abnormalities and cognitive impairment.

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Background: Warfarin increases mortality of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). The authors investigated whether this effect reflects increased baseline ICH volume at presentation or increased ICH expansion.

Methods: Subjects were drawn from an ongoing prospective cohort study of ICH outcome.

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Background: Warfarin sodium is highly effective for prevention of embolic stroke, particularly in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation, but its expected benefit can be offset by risk of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). We studied the determinants of ICH outcome to quantify the independent effect of warfarin.

Methods: Consecutive patients with supratentorial ICH treated in a tertiary care hospital with a neurointensive care unit were prospectively identified during a 7-year period, and data on hemorrhage location, clinical characteristics, and warfarin use were collected.

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Background And Purpose: Small asymptomatic cerebral hemorrhages detectable by gradient-echo MRI are common in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), particularly lobar ICH related to cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA). We sought to determine whether hemorrhages detected at the time of lobar ICH predict the major clinical complications of CAA: recurrent ICH or decline in cognition and function.

Methods: Ninety-four consecutive survivors of primary lobar ICH (age > or =55) with gradient-echo MRI at presentation were followed in a prospective cohort study for 32.

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Background: Technological progress spurred by the Human Genome Project is accelerating the pace of genetic studies of common diseases, including stroke. Stroke clinicians will soon need to interpret increasingly complex genetic studies.

Summary Of Review: Linkage analysis and epidemiological association are 2 fundamental methods of identifying gene variants affecting common diseases such as stroke.

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Background And Purpose: Warfarin increases both the likelihood and the mortality of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), particularly in patients with a history of prior ICH. In light of this consideration, should a patient with both a history of ICH and a clear indication for anticoagulation such as nonvalvular atrial fibrillation be anticoagulated? In the absence of data from a clinical trial, we used a decision-analysis model to compare the expected values of 2 treatment strategies-warfarin and no anticoagulation-for such patients.

Methods: We used a Markov state transition decision model stratified by location of hemorrhage (lobar or deep hemispheric).

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Optimum blood pressure (BP) management in acute intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) remains controversial. BP reduction may limit hematoma expansion, but may also exacerbate ischemia. Reduced regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) has been reported in ICH.

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Background: Data are conflicting concerning risk for ischemic stroke associated with hyperhomocyst(e)inemia (hyper-Hcy) and a common polymorphism in the gene encoding 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR 677C-->T), which predisposes to hyper-Hcy in vivo.

Methods: Search of MEDLINE, Science Citation Index, and abstracts of conference proceedings revealed relevant articles. Exposure was defined as follows: 1) prevalence of hyper-Hcy; 2) absolute difference in the mean Hcy concentration between subjects with and without ischemic stroke; and 3) the MTHFR TT genotype frequency.

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