2023
CT With CTA Versus MRI in Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department With Dizziness: Analysis Using Propensity Score Matching.
Tu L, Navaratnam D, Melnick E, Forman H, Venkatesh A, Malhotra A, Yaesoubi R, Sureshanand S, Sheth K, Mahajan A. CT With CTA Versus MRI in Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department With Dizziness: Analysis Using Propensity Score Matching. American Journal Of Roentgenology 2023, 221: 836-845. PMID: 37404082, DOI: 10.2214/ajr.23.29617.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSecondary stroke prevention medicationsStroke prevention medicationsEmergency departmentPrevention medicationsEchocardiography evaluationPosterior circulation strokeProportion of patientsGroup of patientsPhysical examination findingsNeuroimaging resultsUse of MRIReview of systemsGreater frequencyPropensity-score matchingExamination findingsRetrospective studyED readmissionMedical historyHead CTClinical impactMRI examinationsBrain MRINeck CTADizzinessPatients
2020
Assessment of Intracranial Atherosclerotic Plaques Using 3D Black‐Blood MRI: Comparison With 3D Time‐of‐Flight MRA and DSA
Tian X, Tian B, Shi Z, Wu X, Peng W, Zhang X, Malhotra A, Mossa‐Basha M, Sekhar L, Liu Q, Lu J, Hu C, Zhu C. Assessment of Intracranial Atherosclerotic Plaques Using 3D Black‐Blood MRI: Comparison With 3D Time‐of‐Flight MRA and DSA. Journal Of Magnetic Resonance Imaging 2020, 53: 469-478. PMID: 32864816, DOI: 10.1002/jmri.27341.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransient ischemic attackDigital subtraction angiographyMagnetic resonance angiographyPosterior circulation strokeInterclass correlation coefficientDegree of stenosisBlack blood MRINonstenotic plaquesIntracranial stenosisPlaque assessmentIntracranial vessel wall imagingIschemic stroke patientsIntracranial artery stenosisIntracranial atherosclerotic plaquesFlight magnetic resonance angiographyMann-Whitney U testAtherosclerotic plaque assessmentStage 2 J. MagnT-testStudent's t-testVessel wall imagingIschemic attackCohort studyArtery stenosisStroke patients
2019
A comparison of benign positional vertigo and stroke patients presenting to the emergency department with vertigo or dizziness
Hanna J, Malhotra A, Brauer PR, Luryi A, Michaelides E. A comparison of benign positional vertigo and stroke patients presenting to the emergency department with vertigo or dizziness. American Journal Of Otolaryngology 2019, 40: 102263. PMID: 31358317, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2019.07.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBenign paroxysmal positional vertigoStroke risk factorsCT/CTAEmergency departmentBPPV patientsNeurologic symptomsStroke patientsRisk factorsPositional vertigoCT headExam findingsNeurologic exam findingsPosterior circulation strokeProfile of patientsBenign positional vertigoParoxysmal positional vertigoCommon imaging modalityAcute strokeNeurologic examInitial imagingMRI brainDischarge diagnosisComputed tomographyPatientsVertigo