2016
Topographic Assessment of Acute Ischemic Changes for Prognostication of Anterior Circulation Stroke
Payabvash S, Noorbaloochi S, Qureshi AI. Topographic Assessment of Acute Ischemic Changes for Prognostication of Anterior Circulation Stroke. Journal Of Neuroimaging 2016, 27: 227-231. PMID: 27593522, DOI: 10.1111/jon.12383.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlberta Stroke Program Early CT ScoreDisability/deathAnterior circulation strokeAcute ischemic changesSymptomatic intracranial hemorrhageIntracranial hemorrhageIschemic changesIndependent predictorsFavorable outcomeIntravenous thrombolytic therapyCT/MRI scansRankin Scale scoreEarly ischemic changesAcute ischemic infarctTopographic assessmentIschemic infarctAdmission CTClinical outcomesStroke patientsThrombolytic therapyCT scoreLentiform nucleusTomography scanImproved outcomesPrognostic tool
2015
Delineation of microhemorrhage in acute hepatic encephalopathy using susceptibility-weighted imaging
Benson JC, Payabvash S, Thalken GL, Alonso J, Rykken J, Ott F, McKinney AM. Delineation of microhemorrhage in acute hepatic encephalopathy using susceptibility-weighted imaging. European Journal Of Radiology 2015, 85: 629-634. PMID: 26860677, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2015.12.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeriventricular white matterPlasma ammonia levelsWhite matterAHE patientsMRI severityClinical outcomesBasal gangliaChronic liver failureSubcortical white matterCortical gray matterSusceptibility-weighted imagingSWI MRILiver transplantationRegions of abnormalityLiver failureCerebral cortexClinical scoresClinical severityCommon locationPatientsGray matterSeverityAmmonia levelsBonferroni correctionDWIComparison of CT perfusion summary maps to early diffusion-weighted images in suspected acute middle cerebral artery stroke
Benson J, Payabvash S, Salazar P, Jagadeesan B, Palmer CS, Truwit CL, McKinney AM. Comparison of CT perfusion summary maps to early diffusion-weighted images in suspected acute middle cerebral artery stroke. European Journal Of Radiology 2015, 84: 682-689. PMID: 25623829, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2014.12.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlberta Stroke Program Early CT ScoreASPECTS scoreAcute middle cerebral artery strokeMiddle cerebral artery strokeAge-matched patientsDWI infarct volumeDiffusion-weighted imagingInfarct volumePositive patientsSymptom onsetArtery strokeCT scoreDiffusion-weighted imagesInfarct coreCTP examinationDWI volumePatientsDWIInfarctsScores
2012
Location-weighted CTP analysis predicts early motor improvement in stroke
Payabvash S, Souza LC, Kamalian S, Wang Y, Passanese J, Kamalian S, Fung SH, Halpern EF, Schaefer PW, Gonzalez RG, Furie KL, Lev MH. Location-weighted CTP analysis predicts early motor improvement in stroke. Neurology 2012, 78: 1853-1859. PMID: 22573641, PMCID: PMC3369521, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0b013e318258f799.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute stroke patientsAdmission NIHSSMotor improvementStroke patientsCT perfusionPredictive valueOnly independent clinical predictorMultivariate binary logistic regressionFrontal lobe white matterMultivariate modelIndependent clinical predictorsMotor functional improvementMotor function improvementNegative predictive valuePositive predictive valueSuperior temporal gyrusBinary logistic regressionExtremity paresisAcute strokeSymptom onsetClinical predictorsConsecutive patientsIndependent predictorsClinical outcomesImaging predictors