Resources

General Resources

Los Angeles Motor Scale (LAMS)
EMS Stroke Screen with LAMS and Revised RED (and for non PSCs to use for stroke screens)
Site Change Ideas

Quality Improvement Resources

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• Learning Session 1
• Learning Session 2
• Learning Session 3
• Closing Celebration
• Action Periods
• Interviews

Use of CTA for Stroke and Triage:

Demchuk AM, Menon BK, Goyal M. Comparing Vessel Imaging: Noncontrast Computed Tomography/Computed Tomographic Angiography Should Be the New Minimum Standard in Acute Disabling Stroke. Stroke. 2016;47:00-00. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.115.009171

Reliability of Point of Care Testing of INR in Acute Stroke:

Green TL, Mansoor A, Newcommon N, Stephenson C, Stewart E, Hill MD. Reliability of point-of-care testing of INR in acute stroke. The Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences. 2008 Jul 1;35(03):348-51.

Evidence that Contrast Nephrotoxicity is a Non-Issue:

McDonald RJ, McDonald JS, Carter RE, Hartman RP, Katzberg RW, Kallmes DF, Williamson EE. Intravenous contrast material exposure is not an independent risk factor for dialysis or mortality. Radiology. 2014;273(3):714-725. doi: 10.1148/radiol.14132418

Research Resources

Presentation Recording: Dr. Michael D. Hill - Endovascular treatment for Small Core and Anterior circulation Proximal occlusion with Emphasis on minimizing CT to recanalization times (ESCAPE)

Education Resources

National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) StrokeNet Educational Webinars

The following link features professional development, didactic and SPOTRIAS webinars. 
http://www.nihstrokenet.org/webinars

Publications

Southerland AM, Johnston KC, Molina CA, Selim MH, Kamal N, and Goyal M. Suspected large vessel occlusion: Should EMS transport to the nearest PSC or bypass to a CSC with endovascular capabilities? Stroke. 2016; published online before print February 19 2016, 10.1161/STROKEAHA.115.011149. DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.115.011149

Berkhemer OA, Fransen PS, Beumer D, van den Berg LA, Lingsma HF, Yoo AJ, Schonewille WJ, Vos JA, Nederkoorn PJ, Wermer MJ, van Walderveen MA, Staals J, Hofmeijer J, van Oostayen JA, a Nijeholt L, Boiten J, Brouwer PA, Emmer BJ, de Brujin SF, van Dijk LC, Kapelle J, Lo RH, van Dijk EJ, de Vries J, de Kort PLM, van Rooji WJJ, van den Berg JSP, van Hasselt BAAM, Aerden LAM, Dallinga RJ, Visser MC, Bot JCJ, Croomen PC, Eshghi O, Schreuder THCML, Heijboer RJJ, Keizer K, Tielbeek AV, den Hertog HM, Gerrits DG, van den Berg-Vos RM, Karas GB, Steyerberg EW, Flach HZ, Marquering HA, Sprengers MES, Jenniskens SFM, Beenen LFM, van den Berg R, Koudstaal PJ, van Zwam WH, Roos YBWEM, van der Lugt A, van Oostenbrugge RJ, Majoie CBLM, Dippel DWJ, for the MR CLEAN Investigators. A randomized trial of intraarterial treatment for acute ischemic stroke. New England Journal of Medicine. 2015 Jan 1;372(1):11-20. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1411587

Campbell BC, Mitchell PJ, Kleinig TJ, Dewey HM, Churilov L, Yassi N, Yan B, Dowling RJ, Parsons MW, Oxley TJ, Wu TY, Brooks M, Simpson MA, Miteff F, Levi CR, Krause M, Harrington TJ, Faulder KC, Steinfort BS, Priglinger M, Ang T, Scroop R, Barber A, McGuiness B, Wijeratne T, Phan TG, Chong W, Chandra RV, Bladin C, Badve M, Rice H, de Villiers L, Ma H, Desmond PM, Donnan GA Davis SM, for the EXTEND-IA Investigators. Endovascular therapy for ischemic stroke with perfusion-imaging selection. New England Journal of Medicine. 2015 Mar 12;372(11):1009-18. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1414792

Saver JL, Goyal M, Bonafe A, Diener HC, Levy EI, Pereira VM, Albers GW, Cognard C, Cohen DJ, Hacke W, Jansen O. Stent-retriever thrombectomy after intravenous t-PA vs. t-PA alone in stroke. New England Journal of Medicine. 2015 Jun 11;372(24):2285-95.

Fonarow GC, Zhao X, Smith EE, Saver JL, Reeves MJ, Bhatt DL, Xian Y, Hernandez AF, Peterson ED, Schwamm LH. Door-to-needle times for tissue plasminogen activator administration and clinical outcomes in acute ischemic stroke before and after a quality improvement initiative. Jama. 2014 Apr 23;311(16):1632-40.

Casaubon LK, Boulanger JM, Blacquiere D, Boucher S, Brown K, Goddard T, Gordon J, Horton M, Lalonde J, LaRivière C, Lavoie P. Canadian stroke best practice recommendations: hyperacute stroke care guidelines, update 2015. International Journal of Stroke. 2015 Aug 1;10(6):924-40.

Goyal M, Demchuk AM, Menon BK, Eesa M, Rempel JL, Thornton J, Roy D, Jovin TG, Willinsky RA, Sapkota BL, Dowlatshahi D, Frei DF, Kamal NR, Montanera WJ, Poppe AY, Ryckborst KJ, Silver FL, Shuaib A, Tampieri D, Williams D, Bang OY, Baxter BW, Burns PA, Cloe Hana, Heo J, Holmstedt CA, Jankowitz B, Kelly M, Linares G, Mandzia JL, Shankar J, Sohn S, Swartz RH, Barber PA, Coutts SB, Smith EE, Morrish WF, Weill A, Subramaniam S, Mitha AP, Wong JH, Lowerison MW, Sajobi TT, Hill MD, for the Escape Trial Investigators. Randomized assessment of rapid endovascular treatment of ischemic stroke. New England Journal of Medicine. 2015 Mar 12;372(11):1019-30. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1414905

Khatri P, Yeatts SD, Mazighi M, Broderick JP, Liebeskind DS, Demchuk AM, Amarenco P, Carrozzella J, Spilker J, Foster LD, Goyal M. Time to angiographic reperfusion and clinical outcome after acute ischaemic stroke: an analysis of data from the Interventional Management of Stroke (IMS III) phase 3 trial. The Lancet Neurology. 2014 Jun 30;13(6):567-74. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(14)70066-3

Harris DR, Lang ES, Perry JJ, Morrison LJ. Treatment of Stroke in Canadian Emergency Departments: Time to be Leaders. CJEM. 2016 Jul 5;1:3. DOI 10.1017/cem.2016.333

Menon BK, d’Esterre CD, Qazi EM, Almekhlafi M, Hahn L, Demchuk AM, Goyal M. Multiphase CT angiography: a new tool for the imaging triage of patients with acute ischemic stroke. Radiology. 2015 Jan 29;275(2):510-20. doi: 10.1148/radiol.15142256

Demchuk AM, Goyal M, Yeatts SD, Carrozzella J, Foster LD, Qazi E, Hill MD, Jovin TG, Ribo M, Yan B, Zaidat OO. Recanalization and clinical outcome of occlusion sites at baseline CT angiography in the Interventional Management of Stroke III trial. Radiology. 2014 Jun 5;273(1):202-10. doi: 10.1148/radiol.14132649

Goyal M, Menon BK, van Zwam WH, Dippel DW, Mitchell PJ, Demchuk AM, Dávalos A, Majoie CB, van der Lugt A, De Miquel MA, Donnan GA, Roos V, Bonafe A, Jahan R, Diener H, van den Berg LA. Levy EI, Berkhemer OA, Pereira VM. Endovascular thrombectomy after large-vessel ischaemic stroke: a meta-analysis of individual patient data from five randomised trials. The Lancet. 2016 Apr 29;387(10029):1723-31. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)00163-X

Goyal M, Almekhlafi MA, Fan L, Menon BK, Demchuk AM, Yeatts SD, Hill MD, Tomsick T, Khatri P, Zaidat OO, Jauch EC, Eesa Muneer, Jovin TG, Broderick JP. Evaluation of interval times from onset to reperfusion in patients undergoing endovascular therapy in the Interventional Management of Stroke III trial. Circulation. 2014 Jul 15;130(3):265-72. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.007826

Menon BK, Almekhlafi MA, Pereira VM, Gralla J, Bonafe A, Davalos A, Chapot R, Goyal M, STAR Study Investigators. Optimal workflow and process-based performance measures for endovascular therapy in acute ischemic stroke analysis of the solitaire fr thrombectomy for acute revascularization study. Stroke. 2014 Jul 1;45(7):2024-9. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.005050

Zhao W, Hill MD, Palesch Y. Minimal sufficient balance—a new strategy to balance baseline covariates and preserve randomness of treatment allocation. Statistical methods in medical research. 2015 Dec 1;24(6):989-1002.

Menon BK, Campbell BC, Levi C, Goyal M. Role of imaging in current acute ischemic stroke workflow for endovascular therapy. Stroke. 2015 Jun 1;46(6):1453-61. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.115.009160

Mishra SM, Dykeman J, Sajobi TT, Trivedi A, Almekhlafi M, Sohn SI, Bal S, Qazi E, Calleja A, Eesa M, Goyal M, Demchuk AM, Menon BK. Early reperfusion rates with IV tPA are determined by CTA clot characteristics. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 2014 Dec 1;35(12):2265-72. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A4048

Coutts SB, Dubuc V, Mandzia J, Kenney C, Demchuk AM, Smith EE, Subramaniam S, Goyal M, Patil S, Menon BK, Barber PA, Dowlatshahi D, Field T, Asdaghi N, Camden M, Hill MD, for the TEMPO-1 Investigators. Tenecteplase–tissue-type plasminogen activator evaluation for minor ischemic stroke with proven occlusion. Stroke. 2015 Mar 1;46(3):769-74. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.008504

Menon BK, Saver JL, Goyal M, Nogueira R, Prabhakaran S, Liang L, Xian Y, Hernandez AF, Fonarow GC, Schwamm L, Smith EE. Trends in endovascular therapy and clinical outcomes within the nationwide Get With The Guidelines-Stroke registry. Stroke. 2015 Apr 1;46(4):989-95. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.007542

Smith EE, Schwamm LH. Endovascular Clot Retrieval Therapy Implications for the Organization of Stroke Systems of Care in North America. Stroke. 2015 Jun 1;46(6):1462-7. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.115.008385

Bal S, Bhatia R, Menon BK, Shobha N, Puetz V, Dzialowski I, Modi J, Goyal M, Hill MD, Smith EE, Demchuk AM. Time dependence of reliability of noncontrast computed tomography in comparison to computed tomography angiography source image in acute ischemic stroke. International Journal of Stroke. 2015 Jan 1;10(1):55-60. doi: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2012.00859.x

Demaerschalk BM, Kleindorfer DO, Adeoye OM, Demchuk AM, Fugate JE, Grotta JC, Khalessi AA, Levy EI, Palesch YY, Prabhakaran S, Saposnik G, Saver JL, Smith EE, on behalf of the American Heart Association Stroke Council and Council on Epidemiology and Prevention. Scientific Rationale for the Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria for Intravenous Alteplase in Acute Ischemic Stroke A Statement for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. Stroke. 2016 Feb 1;47(2):581-641. doi.org/10.1161/STR.0000000000000086

Coutts SB, Wein TH, Lindsay MP, Buck B, Cote R, Ellis P, Foley N, Hill MD, Jaspers S, Jin AY, Kwiatkowski B, MacPhail C, McNamara-Morse D, McMurtry MS, Mysak T, Pipe A, Silver K, Smith EE, Gubitz G, on behalf of the Heart and Stroke Foundation Canada Canadian Stroke Best Practices Advisory Committee. Canadian Stroke Best Practice Recommendations: secondary prevention of stroke guidelines, update 2014. International Journal of Stroke. 2015 Apr 1;10(3):282-91. doi: 10.1111/ijs.12439

Winship IR, Armitage GA, Ramakrishnan G, Dong B, Todd KG, Shuaib A. Augmenting collateral blood flow during ischemic stroke via transient aortic occlusion. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 2014;34(1):61-71. doi: 10.1038/jcbfm.2013.162

Goyal M, Menon BK, Hill MD, Demchuk A. Consistently achieving computed tomography to endovascular recanalization< 90 minutes solutions and innovations. Stroke. 2014 Dec 1;45(12):e252-6. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.007366

McCourt R, Gould B, Gioia L, Kate M, Coutts SB, Dowlatshahi D, Asdaghi N, Jeerakathil T, Hill MD, Demchuk AM, Buck B, Emery D, Butcher K, for the ICH ADAPT Investigators. Cerebral perfusion and blood pressure do not affect perihematoma edema growth in acute intracerebral hemorrhage. Stroke. 2014 May 1;45(5):1292-8. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.003194

Kate M, Szkotak A, Witt A, Shuaib A, Butcher K. Proposed approach to thrombolysis in dabigatran-treated patients presenting with ischemic stroke. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases. 2014 Jul 31;23(6):1351-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2013.11.013

Shobha N, Bal S, Boyko M, Kroshus E, Menon BK, Bhatia R, Sohn SI, Kumarpillai G, Kosior J, Hill MD, Demchuk AM. Measurement of length of hyperdense MCA sign in acute ischemic stroke predicts disappearance after IV tPA. Journal of Neuroimaging. 2014 Jan 1;24(1):7-10. doi: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2012.00761.x

Sivakumar L, Kate M, Jeerakathil T, Camicioli R, Buck B, Butcher K. Serial montreal cognitive assessments demonstrate reversible cognitive impairment in patients with acute transient ischemic attack and minor stroke. Stroke. 2014 Jun 1;45(6):1709-15. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.004726

Campbell BC, Hill MD, Rubiera M, Menon BK, Demchuk A, Donnan GA, Roy D, Thornton J, Dorado L, Bonafe A, Levy EI. Safety and Efficacy of Solitaire Stent Thrombectomy Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials. Stroke. 2016 Mar 1;47(3):798-806.

Ahn SH, d’Esterre CD, Qazi EM, Najm M, Rubiera M, Fainardi E, Hill MD, Goyal M, Demchuk AM, Lee TY, Menon BK. Occult anterograde flow is an under-recognized but crucial predictor of early recanalization with intravenous tissue-type plasminogen activator. Stroke. 2015 Apr 1;46(4):968-75. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.008648

Kalashyan H, Shuaib A, Gibson PH, Romanchuk H, Saqqur M, Khan K, Osborne J, Becher H. Single sweep three-dimensional carotid ultrasound: reproducibility in plaque and artery volume measurements. Atherosclerosis. 2014 Feb 28;232(2):397-402. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2013.11.079

Bhatia R, Shobha N, Menon BK, Bal SP, Kochar P, Palumbo V, Wong JH, Morrish WF, Hudon ME, Hu W, Coutts SB, Barber PA, Watson T, Goyal M, Demchuk AM, Hill MD. Combined full?dose IV and endovascular thrombolysis in acute ischaemic stroke. International Journal of Stroke. 2014 Dec 1;9(8):974-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2012.00890.x

Gould B, McCourt R, Gioia LC, Kate M, Hill MD, Asdaghi N, Dowlatshahi D, Jeerakathil T, Coutts SB, Demchuk AM, Emery D, Shuaib A, Butcher K, on behalf of the ICH ADAPT Investigators. Acute blood pressure reduction in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage does not result in borderzone region hypoperfusion. Stroke. 2014 Oct 1;45(10):2894-9. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.005614

Kamal N, Benavente O, Boyle K, Buck B, Butcher K, Casaubon LK, Côté R, Demchuk AM, Deschaintre Y, Dowlatshahi D, Gubitz GJ, Hunter G, Jeerakathil T, Jin A, Lang E, Lanthier S, Lindsay P, Newcommon N, Mandzia J, Norris CM, Ockowski W, Odier C, Phillips S, Poppe AY, Saposnik G, Selchen D, Shuaib A, Silver F, Smith EE, Scotts G, Suddes M, Swartz, Teal P, Watson T, Hill MD. Good is not good enough: the benchmark stroke door-to-needle time should be 30 minutes. The Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences. 2014 Nov 1;41(06):694-6. doi: 10.1017/cjn.2014.41

Almekhlafi MA, Hockley A, Desai JA, Nambiar V, Mishra S, Volny O, Eesa M, Demchuk AM, Menon BK, Goyal M. Overcoming the evening/weekend effects on time delays and outcomes of endovascular stroke therapy: the Calgary Stroke Program experience. Journal of neurointerventional surgery. 2014 Dec 1;6(10):729-32. doi:10.1136/neurintsurg-2013-011000

Tamm A, Siddiqui M, Shuaib A, Butcher K, Jassal R, Muratoglu M, Buck BH. Impact of stroke care unit on patient outcomes in a community hospital. Stroke. 2014 Jan 1;45(1):211-6. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.002504

Goyal M, Demchuk AM, Hill MD. Endovascular therapy for ischemic stroke. The New England journal of medicine. 2015 Jun 11;372(24):2366.

d’Esterre CD, Boesen ME, Ahn SH, Pordeli P, Najm M, Minhas P, Davari P, Fainardi E, Rubiera M, Khaw AV, Zini A, Frayne R, Hill MD, Demchuk AM, Sajobi TT, Forkert, Goyal Mayank, Lee TY, Menon BK. Time-dependent computed tomographic perfusion thresholds for patients with acute ischemic stroke. Stroke. 2015 Dec 1;46(12):3390-7. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.115.009250

Mocco J, Fargen KM, Goyal M, Levy EI, Mitchell PJ, Campbell BC, Majoie CB, Dippel DW, Khatri P, Hill MD, Saver JL. Neurothrombectomy trial results: stroke systems, not just devices, make the difference. International Journal of Stroke. 2015 Oct 1;10(7):990-3.

Appireddy RM, Demchuk AM, Goyal M, Menon BK, Eesa M, Choi P, Hill MD. Endovascular therapy for ischemic stroke. Journal of Clinical Neurology. 2015 Jan 1;11(1):1-8. doi: 10.3988/jcn.2015.11.1.1 

Asdaghi N, Campbell BC, Butcher KS, Coulter JI, Modi J, Qazi A, Goyal M, Demchuk AM, Coutts SB. DWI reversal is associated with small infarct volume in patients with TIA and minor stroke. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 2014 Apr 1;35(4):660-6. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A3733

Demchuk AM, Menon BK, Goyal M. Comparing Vessel Imaging Noncontrast Computed Tomography/Computed Tomographic Angiography Should Be the New Minimum Standard in Acute Disabling Stroke. Stroke. 2016 Jan 1;47(1):273-81. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.115.009171. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.115.009171

Hill MD, Goyal M, Demchuk AM, Fisher M. Ischemic stroke tissue-window in the new era of endovascular treatment. Stroke. 2015 Aug 1;46(8):2332-4. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.115.009688

Goyal M, Jadhav AP, Bonafe A, Diener H, Mendes Pereira V, Levy E, Baxter B, Jovin T, Jahan R, Menon BK, Saver JL. Analysis of Workflow and Time to Treatment and the Effects on Outcome in Endovascular Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke: Results from the SWIFT PRIME Randomized Controlled Trial. Radiology. 2016 Apr 19;279(3):888-97. doi: 10.1148/radiol.2016160204.

Yu AY, Hill MD, Coutts SB. Should minor stroke patients be thrombolyzed? A focused review and future directions. International Journal of Stroke. 2015 Apr 1;10(3):292-7. doi: 10.1111/ijs.12426

Lee JS, Demchuk AM. Choosing a hyperacute stroke imaging protocol for proper patient selection and time efficient endovascular treatment: lessons from recent trials. Journal of stroke. 2015 Sep;17(3):221. doi:  10.5853/jos.2015.17.3.221

Smith EE, Saver JL, Alexander DN, Furie KL, Hopkins LN, Katzan IL, Mackey JS, Miller EL, Schwamm LH, Williams LS, on behalf of the AHA/ASA Stroke Performance Oversight Committee. Clinical performance measures for adults hospitalized with acute ischemic stroke performance measures for healthcare professionals from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. Stroke. 2014 Nov 1;45(11):3472-98. doi: 10.1161/STR.0000000000000045

Kamal N, Lindsay MP, Côté R, Fang J, Kapral MK, Hill MD. Ten-year trends in stroke admissions and outcomes in Canada. Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences/Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques. 2015 May 1;42(03):168-75. doi: 10.1017/cjn.2015.20

Sajobi TT, Zhang Y, Menon BK, Goyal M, Demchuk AM, Broderick JP, Hill MD. Effect Size Estimates for the ESCAPE Trial Proportional Odds Regression Versus Other Statistical Methods. Stroke. 2015 Jul 1;46(7):1800-5. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.115.009328

Menon BK, Sajobi TT, Zhang Y, Rempel JL, Shuaib A, Thornton J, Williams D, Roy D, Poppe AY, Jovin TG, Sapkota B, Baxter BW, Krings T, Silver FL, Frei DF, Fanale C, Tampieri D, Teitelbaum J, Lum C, Dowlatshahi D, Eesa M, Lowerison MW, Kamal NR, Demchuk AM, Hill MD, Goyal M. Analysis of Workflow and Time to Treatment on Thrombectomy Outcome in the ESCAPE Randomized Controlled Trial. Circulation. 2016 Apr 13:CIRCULATIONAHA-115. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.115.019983

Qazi EM, Sohn SI, Mishra S, Almekhlafi MA, Eesa M, d’Esterre CD, Qazi AA, Puig J, Goyal M, Demchuk AM, Menon BK. Thrombus characteristics are related to collaterals and angioarchitecture in acute stroke. Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences/Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques. 2015 Nov 1;42(06):381-8. doi: 10.1017/cjn.2015.291

Almekhlafi MA, Mishra S, Desai JA, Nambiar V, Volny O, Goel A, Eesa M, Demchuk AM, Menon BK, Goyal M. Not all “successful” angiographic reperfusion patients are an equal validation of a modified TICI scoring system. Interventional Neuroradiology. 2014;20(1):21-7. doi: 10.15274/INR-2014-10004

Ganesh A, Camden M, Lindsay P, Kapral MK, Coté R, Fang J, Zagorski B, Hill MD, Canadian Stroke Audit Group. The quality of treatment of hyperacute ischemic stroke in Canada: a retrospective chart audit. CMAJ open. 2014 Oct;2(4):E233. doi: 10.9778/cmajo.20140067

Hill MD, Goyal M, Demchuk AM. Endovascular stroke therapy–a new era. International Journal of Stroke. 2015 Apr 1;10(3):278-9. doi: 10.1111/ijs.12456

Kamal N, Smith EE, Stephenson C, Choi PM, Goyal M, Hill MD. Visualizing acute stroke data to improve clinical outcomes. Stroke. 2015 Jul 1;46(7):e170-2. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.115.009517

McCourt R, Gould B, Kate M, Asdaghi N, Kosior JC, Coutts S, Hill MD, Demchuk A, Jeerakathil T, Emery D, Butcher KS. Blood–Brain Barrier Compromise Does Not Predict Perihematoma Edema Growth in Intracerebral Hemorrhage. Stroke. 2015 Apr 1;46(4):954-60. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.007544

Gioia LC, Kate M, Dowlatshahi D, Hill MD, Butcher K. Blood pressure management in acute intracerebral hemorrhage: current evidence and ongoing controversies. Current opinion in critical care. 2015 Apr 1;21(2):99-106. doi: 10.1097/MCC.0000000000000182

Hill MD, Coutts SB. Alteplase in acute ischaemic stroke: the need for speed. The Lancet. 2014 Dec 5;384(9958):1904-6. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60662-0

Amy YX, Coutts SB. Stroke: Risk assessment to prevent recurrence after mild stroke or TIA. Nature Reviews Neurology. 2015 Mar 1;11(3):131-3. doi:10.1038/nrneurol.2015.16

Singh D, Trivedi A, Qazi E, George D, Wong J, Demchuk AM, Goyal M, Hill MD, Menon BK. Carotid webs and recurrent ischemic strokes in the era of CT angiography. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 2015 Nov 1;36(11):2134-9. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A4431

Kate M, Gioia L, Buck B, Sivakumar L, Jeerakathil T, Shuaib A, Butcher K. Dabigatran therapy in acute ischemic stroke patients without atrial fibrillation. Stroke. 2015 Sep 1;46(9):2685-7. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.115.010383

Zerna C, Assis Z, d'Esterre CD, Menon BK, Goyal M. Imaging, Intervention, and Workflow in Acute Ischemic Stroke: The Calgary Approach. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 2015 Dec 10. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A4610

Menon BK, Coulter JI, Bal S, Godzwon C, Weeks S, Hutchison S, Hill MD, Coutts SB. Acute ischaemic stroke or transient ischaemic attack and the need for inpatient echocardiography. Postgraduate medical journal. 2014 Aug 1;90(1066):434-8. doi:10.1136/postgradmedj-2013-132220

Bal S, Bhatia R, Shobha N, Menon BK, Sohn SI, Goyal M, Demchuk AM, Hill MD. Stroke-on-awakening: safety of CT-CTA based selection for reperfusion therapy. The Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences. 2014 Mar 1;41(02):182-6. doi: 10.1017/S0317167100016553

Ganesh A, Lindsay P, Fang J, Kapral MK, Côté R, Joiner I, Hakim AM, Hill MD. Integrated systems of stroke care and reduction in 30-day mortality A retrospective analysis. Neurology. 2016 Mar 8;86(10):898-904. doi: 10.?1212/?WNL.?0000000000002443

Camden MC, Hill MD, Demchuk AM, Poppe AY, Shobha N, Barber PA, Coutts SB. Historic stroke motor severity score predicts progression in TIA/Minor stroke. The Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences. 2014;41(01):19-23. doi: 10.1017/S0317167100016206

Dubuc V, Singh D, Modi J, Goyal M, Hill MD, Coutts SB. TIA and minor stroke patients with intracranial occlusions in both proximal and distal vessels are most at risk for symptom progression. Cerebrovascular Diseases. 2014 Nov 25;38(5):389-90.

Kamal N, Hill MD, Blacquiere DP, Boulanger JM, Boyle K, Buck B, Butcher K, Camden MC, Casaubon LK, Côté R, Demchuk AM. Rapid Assessment and Treatment of Transient Ischemic Attacks and Minor Stroke in Canadian Emergency Departments Time for a Paradigm Shift. Stroke. 2015 Oct 1;46(10):2987-90. doi:10.1159/000368886

Harris D, Hall C, Lobay K, McRae A, Monroe T, Perry JJ, Shearing A, Wollam G, Goddard T, Lang E. Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians Position Statement on Acute Ischemic Stroke. CJEM. 2015 Mar 1;17(02):217-26.

Nowell L, White DE, Mrklas K, Norris JM. Mentorship in nursing academia: a systematic review protocol. Systematic reviews. 2015 Feb 21;4(1):1.

Holodinsky JK, Amy YX, Assis ZA, Al Sultan AS, Menon BK, Demchuk AM, Goyal M, Hill MD. History, Evolution, and Importance of Emergency Endovascular Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke. Current neurology and neuroscience reports. 2016 May 1;16(5):1-4. doi: 10.1007/s11910-016-0646-5

Qazi E, Al-Ajlan FS, Najm M, Menon BK. The Role of Vascular Imaging in the Initial Assessment of Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke. Current neurology and neuroscience reports. 2016 Apr 1;16(4):1-9. doi: 10.1007/s11910-016-0632-y

Goyal M, Menon BK, Krings T, Patil S, Qazi E, McTaggart RA, Almekhlafi MA, Jehan R, Saver J, Jayaraman MV. What constitutes the M1 segment of the middle cerebral artery?. Journal of neurointerventional surgery. 2016 Jan 11:neurintsurg-2015. doi:10.1136/neurintsurg-2015-012191

Parthasarathy R, Sohn SI, Jeerakathil T, Kate MP, Mishra SM, Nambiar VK, Ahmad A, Menon BK, Shuaib A. A combined arterial and venous grading scale to predict outcome in anterior circulation ischemic stroke. Journal of Neuroimaging. 2015 Nov 1;25(6):969-77. doi: 10.1111/jon.12260

Menon BK, Goyal M. Imaging paradigms in acute ischemic stroke: a pragmatic evidence-based approach. Radiology. 2015 Sep 24;277(1):7-12. doi: 10.1148/radiol.2015151030

Coutts SB, Goyal M. Emergent Neurovascular Imaging: A Necessity for the Work-Up of Minor Stroke and TIA. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 2015 Dec 1;36(12):2194-5. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A4553

Zerna C, Hegedus J, Hill MD. Evolving treatments for acute ischemic stroke. Circulation research. 2016 Apr 29;118(9):1425-42. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.116.307005

Fonarow GC, Liang L, Thomas L, Xian Y, Saver JL, Smith EE, Schwamm LH, Peterson ED, Hernandez AF, Duncan PW, O’Brien EC. Assessment of Home-Time After Acute Ischemic Stroke in Medicare Beneficiaries. Stroke. 2016 Mar 1;47(3):836-42.

Smith EE. Door-to-Needle Times Let’s Not Leave Smaller Hospitals Behind. Stroke. 2015 May 1;46(5):1158-9. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.115.008974

Seadon S, Lang E. Clopidogrel with aspirin versus aspirin alone in prevention of stroke following transient ischemic attack or acute minor stroke. CJEM. 2015 May 1;17(03):315-7. doi: 10.2310/8000.2014.141510

Jeerakathil T, Shuaib A, Majumdar SR, Demchuk AM, Butcher KS, Watson TJ, Dean N, Gordon D, Edmond C, Coutts SB. The Alberta Stroke Prevention in TIAs and mild strokes (ASPIRE) intervention: rationale and design for evaluating the implementation of a province?wide TIA Triaging system. International Journal of Stroke. 2014 Oct 1;9(A100):135-43. doi: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2012.00881.x

Coutts SB, Barrett KM. TIA risk stratification What an event was and why it happened are more important than a score. Neurology. 2015 Jul 28;85(4):304-5. doi: 0.1212/WNL.0000000000001794

Gioia LC, Kate M, Sivakumar L, Hussain D, Kalashyan H, Buck B, Bussiere M, Jeerakathil T, Shuaib A, Emery D, Butcher K. Early Rivaroxaban Use After Cardioembolic Stroke May Not Result in Hemorrhagic Transformation. Stroke. 2016 Jul. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.116.013491

Klourfeld E, Zerna C, Al-Ajlan FS, Kamal N, Randhawa P, Amy YY, Dowlatshahi D, Thornton J, Williams D, Holmstedt C, Kelly M. The future of endovascular treatment: Insights from the ESCAPE investigators. International Journal of Stroke. 2016 Feb 1;11(2):156-63.

Loorak MH, Perin C, Kamal N, Hill M, Carpendale S. TimeSpan: Using Visualization to Explore Temporal Multi-dimensional Data of Stroke Patients. IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics. 2016 Jan 31;22(1):409-18.

Vagal A, Foster LD, Menon B, Livorine A, Shi J, Qazi E, Yeatts SD, Demchuk AM, Hill MD, Tomsick TA, Goyal M. Multimodal CT Imaging: Time to Treatment and Outcomes in the IMS III Trial. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 2016 Mar 17.

Coutts SB, Hill MD. Response to Letter Regarding Article,“Tenecteplase–Tissue-Type Plasminogen Activator Evaluation for Minor Ischemic Stroke with Proven Occlusion”. Stroke. 2015;46:00-. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)00163-X

Bayley M, Phillips S, Lindsay MP, Gubitz G, Smith EE, Côtê R, Hill MD. Striving for excellence: stroke guidelines are a crucial foundation. International Journal of Stroke. 2015 Apr 1;10(3):276-7. doi: 10.1111/ijs.12461

Swartz RH, Cayley ML, Lanctôt KL, Murray BJ, Smith EE, Sahlas DJ, Herrmann N, Cohen A, Thorpe KE. Validating a Pragmatic Approach to Cognitive Screening in Stroke Prevention Clinics Using the Montreal Cognitive Assessment. Stroke. 2016 Mar 1;47(3):807-13.

Gioia LC, Kate M, McCourt R, Gould B, Coutts SB, Dowlatshahi D, Asdaghi N, Jeerakathil T, Hill MD, Demchuk AM, Buck B, Emery D, Shuaib A, Butcher K, ICH ADAPT Investigators. Perihematoma cerebral blood flow is unaffected by statin use in acute intracerebral hemorrhage patients. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 2015 Jul 1;35(7):1175-80. doi: 10.1038/jcbfm.2015.36

Choi V, Kate M, Kosior JC, Buck B, Steve T, McCourt R, Jeerakathil T, Shuaib A, Emery D, Butcher K. National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score is an unreliable predictor of perfusion deficits in acute stroke. International Journal of Stroke. 2015 Jun 1;10(4):582-8. doi: 10.1111/ijs.12438

Choi P, Desai JA, Kashyap D, Stephenson C, Kamal N, Vogt S, Bohm V, Suddes M, Bugbee E, Hill MD, Demchuk AM. Are All Stroke Patients Eligible for Fast Alteplase Treatment? An Analysis of Unavoidable Delays. Academic Emergency Medicine. 2016 Apr 1;23(4):393-9. doi: 10.1111/acem.12914

Lin K, Lang E. Review: In acute ischemic stroke, adding endovascular therapy to t-PA improves functional independence at 90 days. Annals of internal medicine. 2015 Oct;163(8):JC4-. doi: 10.7326/ACPJC-2015-163-8-004

Al-Ajlan FS, Goyal M, Demchuk AM, Minhas P, Sabiq F, Assis Z, Willinsky R, Montanera WJ, Rempel JL, Shuaib A, Thornton J, Williams D, Roy D, Poppe AY, Jovin TG, Sapkota BL, Baxter BW, Krings T, Silver FL, Frei DF, Fanale C, Tampieri D, Teitelbaum J, Lum C, Dowlatshahi D, Shankar JJ, Barber PA, Hill MD, Menon BK, for the ESCAPE Trial Investigators. Intra-Arterial Therapy and Post-Treatment Infarct Volumes Insights From the ESCAPE Randomized Controlled Trial. Stroke. 2016 Mar 1;47(3):777-81. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.115.012424

Jeerakathil T, Marquardt L. Is more really better? The effect of enrollment volume on outcomes for medical therapies. Neurology. 2015 Dec 15;85(24):2086-7. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000002198

Coutts SB, Choi PM. Seven days of non-invasive cardiac monitoring early postischaemic stroke or TIA increases atrial fibrillation detection rate compared with current guideline-based practice. Evidence Based Medicine. 2013 Nov 26:ebmed-2013. doi:10.1136/eb-2013-101607

Dubuc V, Choi P, Hill MD, Coutts SB. Can 90-Day NIHSS Be Used for Outcome Assessment in TIA and Minor Stroke Studies?. Cerebrovascular Diseases. 2015 Jul 11;40(1-2):97-8. doi:10.1159/000431187

Eswaradass P, Appireddy R, Evans J, Tham C, Dey S, Najm M, Menon BK. Imaging in acute stroke. Expert review of cardiovascular therapy. 2016 Sep 1(just-accepted). doi: 10.1017/S0317167100016206

Gioia LC, Zewude RT, Kate MP, Liss K, Rowe BH, Buck B, Jeerakathil T, Butcher K. Prehospital systolic blood pressure is higher in acute stroke compared with stroke mimics. Neurology. 2016 Jun 7;86(23):2146-53. doi: ?10.?1212/?WNL.?0000000000002747