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Professor Klaus Fassbender: The Father of Mobile Stroke Units (2024)
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Podlasek, A., Walter, S., Licenik, R., & Grunwald, I. (2024). Professor Klaus Fassbender: The Father of Mobile Stroke Units. Cureus, 16(9), Article e69050. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.69050

Professor Klaus Fassbender is a distinguished neurologist from Germany, widely recognized for his groundbreaking contributions to the fields of neurology and neurodegenerative disease. His work has been pivotal in advancing our understanding of the p... Read More about Professor Klaus Fassbender: The Father of Mobile Stroke Units.

Endovascular thrombectomy vs best medical management for late presentation acute ischaemic stroke with large vessel occlusion without CT perfusion or MR imaging selection: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2024)
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Dhillon, P. S., Marei, O., Podlasek, A., Butt, W., Rice, H., de Villiers, L., Carraro do Nascimento, V., McConachie, N., Lenthall, R., Nair, S., Malik, L., Bhogal, P., Dineen, R. A., & England, T. J. (2024). Endovascular thrombectomy vs best medical management for late presentation acute ischaemic stroke with large vessel occlusion without CT perfusion or MR imaging selection: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, 33(11), Article 108002. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2024.108002

Background The efficacy and safety of endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) beyond 6 hours from stroke onset for patients with large vessel occlusion (LVO) selected without CT perfusion(CTP) or MR imaging(MRI) is undeterm... Read More about Endovascular thrombectomy vs best medical management for late presentation acute ischaemic stroke with large vessel occlusion without CT perfusion or MR imaging selection: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

A Pictorial Essay of Coronary Artery Anomalies on Coronary CT Angiography: A Single-Centre Observational Study. (2024)
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Ahmad, A., Roplekar, S., & Podlasek, A. (in press). A Pictorial Essay of Coronary Artery Anomalies on Coronary CT Angiography: A Single-Centre Observational Study. Cureus, 16(7), Article e64398. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.64398

Background

Congenital anomalies of the coronary artery anatomy (CAAs) encompass a spectrum of disorders, often asymptomatic but potentially carrying severe clinical implications such as arrhythmia, chest pain, myocardial infarction, or sudden dea... Read More about A Pictorial Essay of Coronary Artery Anomalies on Coronary CT Angiography: A Single-Centre Observational Study..

Urgent Direct Access to Diagnostic Services for General Practitioners: Bridging the Gap in Cancer Diagnosis (2024)
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Gurung, R., & Podlasek, A. (2024). Urgent Direct Access to Diagnostic Services for General Practitioners: Bridging the Gap in Cancer Diagnosis. Cureus, 16(6), Article e63350. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.63350

Urgent direct access to diagnostic services for general practitioners (GPs) is a new pathway to capture any cancer diagnoses that may have been missed due to vague symptom presentations. Hence, GPs should look out for the key symptoms mentioned by NH... Read More about Urgent Direct Access to Diagnostic Services for General Practitioners: Bridging the Gap in Cancer Diagnosis.

Stroke risk management in carotid atherosclerotic disease: A Clinical Consensus Statement of the ESC Council on Stroke and the ESC Working Group on Aorta and Peripheral Vascular Diseases (2023)
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Musialek, P., Bonati, L. H., Bulbulia, R., Halliday, A., Bock, B., Capoccia, L., …Lip, G. Y. H. (2023). Stroke risk management in carotid atherosclerotic disease: A Clinical Consensus Statement of the ESC Council on Stroke and the ESC Working Group on Aorta and Peripheral Vascular Diseases. Cardiovascular Research, Article cvad135. https://doi.org/10.1093/cvr/cvad135

Carotid atherosclerotic disease continues to be an important cause of stroke, often disabling or fatal. Such strokes could be largely prevented through optimal medical therapy and carotid revascularization. Advancements in discovery research and imag... Read More about Stroke risk management in carotid atherosclerotic disease: A Clinical Consensus Statement of the ESC Council on Stroke and the ESC Working Group on Aorta and Peripheral Vascular Diseases.

Systematic review and meta‐analysis investigating nicotine, cotinine and carbon monoxide exposures in people who both smoke and use nicotine replacement therapy (2023)
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Podlasek, A., Claire, R., Campbell, K. A., Orton, S., Thomson, R., & Coleman, T. (2023). Systematic review and meta‐analysis investigating nicotine, cotinine and carbon monoxide exposures in people who both smoke and use nicotine replacement therapy. Addiction, 118(11), 2076-2092. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.16279

Aims: To determine effects of concurrent smoking and nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) use on reported heaviness of smoking, nicotine (cotinine) body fluid and exhaled air carbon monoxide (CO) concentrations. Methods: Systematic review and meta‐anal... Read More about Systematic review and meta‐analysis investigating nicotine, cotinine and carbon monoxide exposures in people who both smoke and use nicotine replacement therapy.

Systematic review and meta-analysis investigating nicotine, cotinine and carbon monoxide exposures in people who both smoke and use nicotine replacement therapy (2023)
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Podlasek, A., Clair, R., Campbell, K. A., Orton, S., Thomson, R., & Coleman, T. (2023). Systematic review and meta-analysis investigating nicotine, cotinine and carbon monoxide exposures in people who both smoke and use nicotine replacement therapy. Addiction, 118(11), 2076-2092. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.16279

Aims
To determine effects of concurrent smoking and nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) use on reported heaviness of smoking, nicotine (cotinine) body fluid and exhaled air carbon monoxide (CO) concentrations.

Methods
Systematic review and meta-a... Read More about Systematic review and meta-analysis investigating nicotine, cotinine and carbon monoxide exposures in people who both smoke and use nicotine replacement therapy.

Recent Advances in Locoregional Therapy of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (2023)
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Podlasek, A., Abdulla, M., Broering, D., & Bzeizi, K. (2023). Recent Advances in Locoregional Therapy of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Cancers, 15(13), Article 3347. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15133347

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is responsible for 90% of primary hepatic cancer cases, and its incidence with associated morbidity and mortality is growing worldwide. In recent decades, there has been a revolution in HCC treatment. There are three ma... Read More about Recent Advances in Locoregional Therapy of Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

Chlamydia trachomatis: Management and screening (2023)
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Podlasek, A., Stewart, C., Mackie, C., & Latham-Cork, H. (2023). Chlamydia trachomatis: Management and screening. InnovAiT, 16(7), 347-354. https://doi.org/10.1177/17557380231169800

Chlamydia trachomatis is the most common sexually transmitted infection worldwide. In up to 50% of men and 70% of women, infection is asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic and can easily be missed. Untreated infection can cause significant morbidity... Read More about Chlamydia trachomatis: Management and screening.

Endovascular Thrombectomy Versus Best Medical Management Beyond 24 Hours From Last Known Well in Acute Ischemic Stroke Due to Large Vessel Occlusion (2023)
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Dhillon, P. S., Butt, W., Jovin, T. G., Podlasek, A., McConachie, N., Lenthall, R., …England, T. J. (2023). Endovascular Thrombectomy Versus Best Medical Management Beyond 24 Hours From Last Known Well in Acute Ischemic Stroke Due to Large Vessel Occlusion. Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology, 3(5), Article e000790. https://doi.org/10.1161/svin.122.000790

BACKGROUND
The safety and efficacy of endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) in patients with acute ischemic stroke due to large vessel occlusion presenting beyond 24 hours from last known well (LKW) remains undetermined.

METHODS
In this single center... Read More about Endovascular Thrombectomy Versus Best Medical Management Beyond 24 Hours From Last Known Well in Acute Ischemic Stroke Due to Large Vessel Occlusion.

Comparison Between In‐Hospital and Community‐Onset Stroke Treated With Endovascular Thrombectomy: A Propensity Score–Matched Cohort Study (2023)
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Dhillon, P. S., Soo, E., Butt, W., Nguyen, T. N., Barrett, E., Podlasek, A., …England, T. J. (2023). Comparison Between In‐Hospital and Community‐Onset Stroke Treated With Endovascular Thrombectomy: A Propensity Score–Matched Cohort Study. Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology, 3(4), Article e000816. https://doi.org/10.1161/svin.122.000816

Four-factor risk score for the prediction of interstitial lung disease in rheumatoid arthritis (2023)
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Koduri, G. M., Podlasek, A., Pattapola, S., Zhang, J., Laila, D., Nandagudi, A., …Kelly, C. (2023). Four-factor risk score for the prediction of interstitial lung disease in rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatology International, 43, 1515–1523. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-023-05313-6

Objective: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is one of the commonest systemic complications in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and carries a significant morbidity and mortality burden. We aimed to identify key variables to risk-stratify RA pati... Read More about Four-factor risk score for the prediction of interstitial lung disease in rheumatoid arthritis.

World Federation for Interventional Stroke Treatment (WIST) multispecialty training guidelines for endovascular stroke intervention (2023)
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Grunwald, I. Q., Mathias, K., Bertog, S., Snyder, K. V., Sievert, H., Siddiqui, A., …Hopkins, N. L. (2023). World Federation for Interventional Stroke Treatment (WIST) multispecialty training guidelines for endovascular stroke intervention. Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine, 53, 67-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carrev.2023.03.004

Introduction: Today, endovascular treatment (EVT) is the therapy of choice for strokes due to acute large vessel occlusion, irrespective of prior thrombolysis. This necessitates fast, coordinated multi-specialty collaboration. Currently, in most coun... Read More about World Federation for Interventional Stroke Treatment (WIST) multispecialty training guidelines for endovascular stroke intervention.

World Federation for Interventional Stroke Treatment (WIST) multispecialty training guidelines for endovascular stroke intervention (2023)
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Grunwald, I. Q., Mathias, K., Bertog, S., Snyder, K. V., Sievert, H., Siddiqui, A., …Hopkins, N. L. (2023). World Federation for Interventional Stroke Treatment (WIST) multispecialty training guidelines for endovascular stroke intervention. Advances in Interventional Cardiology / Postępy w Kardiologii Interwencyjnej, 19(1), 6-13. https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2023.124742

Introduction: Today, endovascular treatment (EVT) is the therapy of choice for strokes due to acute large vessel occlusion, irrespective of prior thrombolysis. This necessitates fast, coordinated multi-specialty collaboration. Currently, in most coun... Read More about World Federation for Interventional Stroke Treatment (WIST) multispecialty training guidelines for endovascular stroke intervention.

Effect of proximal blood flow arrest during endovascular thrombectomy (ProFATE): Study protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial (2023)
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Dhillon, P. S., Butt, W., Podlasek, A., Bhogal, P., McConachie, N., Lenthall, R., Nair, S., Malik, L., Lynch, J., Goddard, T., Barrett, E., Krishnan, K., Dineen, R. A., & England, T. J. (2023). Effect of proximal blood flow arrest during endovascular thrombectomy (ProFATE): Study protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial. European Stroke Journal, 8(2), 581-590. https://doi.org/10.1177/23969873231166194

Background: Observational studies have demonstrated improved outcomes with the adjunctive use of balloon guide catheters (BGC) during endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) for anterior circulation acute ischaemic stroke (AIS). However, the lack of high-lev... Read More about Effect of proximal blood flow arrest during endovascular thrombectomy (ProFATE): Study protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial.

Incidence and predictors of poor functional outcome despite complete recanalisation following endovascular thrombectomy for acute ischaemic stroke (2023)
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Dhillon, P. S., Butt, W., Marei, O., Podlasek, A., McConachie, N., Lenthall, R., …England, T. J. (2023). Incidence and predictors of poor functional outcome despite complete recanalisation following endovascular thrombectomy for acute ischaemic stroke. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, 32(5), Article 107083. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2023.107083

Background: Numerous ischaemic stroke patients experience poor functional outcome despite successful recanalisation following endovascular thrombectomy (EVT). We aimed to identify the incidence and predictors of futile complete recanalisation (FCR) i... Read More about Incidence and predictors of poor functional outcome despite complete recanalisation following endovascular thrombectomy for acute ischaemic stroke.

Antiplatelet Resistance: A Review of Concepts, Mechanisms, and Implications for Management in Acute Ischemic Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack (2023)
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Krishnan, K., Nguyen, T. N., Appleton, J. P., Law, Z. K., Caulfied, M., Cabrera, C. P., …Bath, P. M. (2023). Antiplatelet Resistance: A Review of Concepts, Mechanisms, and Implications for Management in Acute Ischemic Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack. Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology, 3(3), Article e000576. https://doi.org/10.1161/svin.122.000576

Acute ischemic stroke is a leading cause of death and major disability worldwide. Approximately 50% of ischemic strokes are caused by atherothrombotic occlusion of the cerebral arteries, and antiplatelets are the mainstay of secondary stroke preventa... Read More about Antiplatelet Resistance: A Review of Concepts, Mechanisms, and Implications for Management in Acute Ischemic Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack.

Thrombectomy-Capable Stroke Centre—A Key to Acute Stroke Care System Improvement? Retrospective Analysis of Safety and Efficacy of Endovascular Treatment in Cardiac Cathlab (2023)
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Pawłowski, K., Dziadkiewicz, A., Podlasek, A., Klaudel, J., Mączkowiak, A., & Szołkiewicz, M. (2023). Thrombectomy-Capable Stroke Centre—A Key to Acute Stroke Care System Improvement? Retrospective Analysis of Safety and Efficacy of Endovascular Treatment in Cardiac Cathlab. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(3), Article 2232. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032232

The optimal structure of the acute ischaemic stroke treatment network is unknown and eagerly sought. To make it most effective, different treatment and transportation strategies have been developed and investigated worldwide. Since only a fraction of... Read More about Thrombectomy-Capable Stroke Centre—A Key to Acute Stroke Care System Improvement? Retrospective Analysis of Safety and Efficacy of Endovascular Treatment in Cardiac Cathlab.

Endovascular Thrombectomy vs Best Medical Therapy for Late Presentation Acute Ischaemic Stroke with Proximal Large Vessel Occlusion Selected Based on Non-Contrast CT: A Retrospective Analysis of Two Prospectively Defined Cohorts (2022)
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Singh Dhillon, P., Butt, W., Jovin, T. G., Podlasek, A., McConachie, N., Lenthall, R., Nair, S., Malik, L., Krishnan, K., Chiavacci, I., Mehedi, F., Hong, T., Selva, H., Dineen, R. A., & England, T. J. (2023). Endovascular Thrombectomy vs Best Medical Therapy for Late Presentation Acute Ischaemic Stroke with Proximal Large Vessel Occlusion Selected Based on Non-Contrast CT: A Retrospective Analysis of Two Prospectively Defined Cohorts. Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology, 3(2), Article e000686. https://doi.org/10.1161/SVIN.122.000686

Background: The efficacy and safety of endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) beyond 6 hours from acute ischaemic stroke (AIS) onset for patients selected without CT perfusion or MR imaging is undetermined in routine clinical practice.

Methods: In this... Read More about Endovascular Thrombectomy vs Best Medical Therapy for Late Presentation Acute Ischaemic Stroke with Proximal Large Vessel Occlusion Selected Based on Non-Contrast CT: A Retrospective Analysis of Two Prospectively Defined Cohorts.

How a thrombectomy service can reduce hospital deficit: a cost-effectiveness study (2022)
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Grunwald, I. Q., Wagner, V., Podlasek, A., Koduri, G., Guyler, P., Gerry, S., …Walter, S. (2022). How a thrombectomy service can reduce hospital deficit: a cost-effectiveness study. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 20(1), Article 59. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12962-022-00395-8

Background: There is level 1 evidence for cerebral thrombectomy with thrombolysis in acute large vessel occlusion. Many hospitals are now contemplating setting up this life-saving service. For the hospital, however, the first treatment is associated... Read More about How a thrombectomy service can reduce hospital deficit: a cost-effectiveness study.