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Khan P, Selvarajah K, Gohel S, Sidhu BS, Cannatà A, Bromage DI, McDonagh T, Murgatroyd F, Scott PA. Syncope in ICD recipients: a single centre experience. Europace 2023; 25:940-947. [PMID: 36638366 PMCID: PMC10062314 DOI: 10.1093/europace/euac281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2022] [Accepted: 12/22/2022] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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AIMS There is little evidence of the impact of syncope in implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) patients in routine community hospital care. This single-centre retrospective study sought to evaluate the incidence and prognostic significance of syncope in consecutive ICD patients. METHODS AND RESULTS Data were collected on consecutive patients undergoing first ICD implantation between January 2009 and December 2019. The primary endpoints were the first occurrence of all-cause syncope, all-cause mortality, and all-cause hospitalization. Multivariate Cox proportional hazard models were used to identify risk factors associated with syncope and to analyse the subsequent risk of mortality and hospitalization. 1003 patients (58% primary prevention) were included in the final analysis. During a mean follow-up of 1519 ± 1055 days, 106 (10.6%) experienced syncope, 304 died (30.3%), and 477 (47.5%) were hospitalized for any cause. In an analysis adjusted for baseline variables, the first occurrence of syncope was associated with a significantly increased risk of mortality (HR 2.82, P < 0.001) and the first occurrence of hospitalization (HR 2.46, P = 0.002). CONCLUSION Syncope in ICD recipients is common and associated with a poor prognosis irrespective of baseline variables and ICD programming. The occurrence of syncope is associated with a significant increase in the risk of mortality and hospitalization.
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- Parisha Khan
- Department of Cardiology, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS, UK
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- Department of Cardiology, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS, UK
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- Department of Cardiology, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS, UK
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- Department of Cardiology, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS, UK
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- Department of Cardiology, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS, UK
- School of Cardiovascular Medicine and Sciences, King’s College London, James Black Centre, London SE5 9NU, UK
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- Department of Cardiology, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS, UK
- School of Cardiovascular Medicine and Sciences, King’s College London, James Black Centre, London SE5 9NU, UK
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- Department of Cardiology, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS, UK
- School of Cardiovascular Medicine and Sciences, King’s College London, James Black Centre, London SE5 9NU, UK
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- Department of Cardiology, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS, UK
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- Department of Cardiology, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS, UK
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Yang J, Gohel S, Zhang Z, Hatzoglou V, Holodny AI, Vachha BA. Glioma-Induced Disruption of Resting-State Functional Connectivity and Amplitude of Low-Frequency Fluctuations in the Salience Network. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2021; 42:551-558. [PMID: 33384293 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a6929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2020] [Accepted: 10/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Cognitive challenges are prevalent in survivors of glioma, but their neurobiology is incompletely understood. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of glioma presence and tumor characteristics on resting-state functional connectivity and amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations of the salience network, a key neural network associated with cognition. MATERIALS AND METHODS Sixty-nine patients with glioma (mean age, 48.74 [SD, 14.32] years) who underwent resting-state fMRI were compared with 31 healthy controls (mean age, 49.68 [SD, 15.54] years). We identified 4 salience network ROIs: left/right dorsal anterior cingulate cortex and left/right anterior insula. Average salience network resting-state functional connectivity and amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations within the 4 salience network ROIs were computed. RESULTS Patients with gliomas showed decreased overall salience network resting-state functional connectivity (P = .001) and increased amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations in all salience network ROIs (P < .01) except in the left dorsal anterior cingulate cortex. Compared with controls, patients with left-sided gliomas showed increased amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations in the right dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (P = .002) and right anterior insula (P < .001), and patients with right-sided gliomas showed increased amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations in the left anterior insula (P = .002). Anterior tumors were associated with decreased salience network resting-state functional connectivity (P < .001) and increased amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations in the right anterior insula, left anterior insula, and right dorsal anterior cingulate cortex. Patients with high-grade gliomas had decreased salience network resting-state functional connectivity compared with healthy controls (P < .05). The right anterior insula showed increased amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations in patients with grade II and IV gliomas compared with controls (P < .01). CONCLUSIONS By demonstrating decreased resting-state functional connectivity and an increased amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations related to the salience network in patients with glioma, this study adds to our understanding of the neurobiology underpinning observable cognitive deficits in these patients. In addition to more conventional functional connectivity, amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations is a promising functional-imaging biomarker of tumor-induced vascular and neural pathology.
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- J Yang
- From the Departments of Radiology (J.Y., V.H., A.I.H., B.A.V.)
- New York University Grossman School of Medicine (J.Y.), New York University, New York, New York
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- Department of Health Informatics (S.G.), Rutgers University School of Health Professions, Newark, New Jersey
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- Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Z.Z.)
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- From the Departments of Radiology (J.Y., V.H., A.I.H., B.A.V.)
- Brain Tumor Center (V.H., A.I.H., B.A.V.), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
- Department of Radiology (V.H., A.I.H., B.A.V.), Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York
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- From the Departments of Radiology (J.Y., V.H., A.I.H., B.A.V.)
- Brain Tumor Center (V.H., A.I.H., B.A.V.), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
- Department of Radiology (V.H., A.I.H., B.A.V.), Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York
- Department of Neuroscience (A.I.H.), Weill-Cornell Graduate School of the Medical Sciences, New York, New York
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- From the Departments of Radiology (J.Y., V.H., A.I.H., B.A.V.)
- Brain Tumor Center (V.H., A.I.H., B.A.V.), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
- Department of Radiology (V.H., A.I.H., B.A.V.), Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York
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Lim S, Tsai C, Greer P, Fuangrod T, Hwang K, Fontenla S, Gohel S, Coffman F, Lee N, Lovelock D. The Use of Transit Fluence as a Decision Support Metric for Head and Neck Adaptive Radiation Therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2019.06.351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Nawaz A, Chang W, Srinivasan S, Coffman F, Gohel S. An Evaluation and Feasibility Study for the Need of New Dosimetric Tools and Metrics for Lung Cancer Patients Receiving Radiotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2019.06.853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Gohel S, Laino ME, Rajeev-Kumar G, Jenabi M, Peck K, Hatzoglou V, Tabar V, Holodny AI, Vachha B. Resting-State Functional Connectivity of the Middle Frontal Gyrus Can Predict Language Lateralization in Patients with Brain Tumors. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2019; 40:319-325. [PMID: 30630835 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a5932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2018] [Accepted: 11/12/2018] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE A recent study using task-based fMRI demonstrated that the middle frontal gyrus is comparable with Broca's area in its ability to determine language laterality using a measure of verbal fluency. This study investigated whether the middle frontal gyrus can be used as an indicator for language-hemispheric dominance in patients with brain tumors using task-free resting-state fMRI. We hypothesized that no significant difference in language lateralization would occur between the middle frontal gyrus and Broca area and that the middle frontal gyrus can serve as a simple and reliable means of measuring language laterality. MATERIALS AND METHODS Using resting-state fMRI, we compared the middle frontal gyrus with the Broca area in 51 patients with glial neoplasms for voxel activation, the language laterality index, and the effect of tumor grade on the laterality index. The laterality index derived by resting-state fMRI and task-based fMRI was compared in a subset of 40 patients. RESULTS Voxel activations in the left middle frontal gyrus and left Broca area were positively correlated (r = 0.47, P < .001). Positive correlations were seen between the laterality index of the Broca area and middle frontal gyrus regions (r = 0.56, P < .0005). Twenty-seven of 40 patients (67.5%) showed concordance of the laterality index based on the Broca area using resting-state fMRI and the laterality index based on a language task. Thirty of 40 patients (75%) showed concordance of the laterality index based on the middle frontal gyrus using resting-state fMRI and the laterality index based on a language task. CONCLUSIONS The middle frontal gyrus is comparable with the Broca area in its ability to determine hemispheric dominance for language using resting-state fMRI. Our results suggest the addition of resting-state fMRI of the middle frontal gyrus to the list of noninvasive modalities that could be used in patients with gliomas to evaluate hemispheric dominance of language before tumor resection. In patients who cannot participate in traditional task-based fMRI, resting-state fMRI offers a task-free alternate to presurgically map the eloquent cortex.
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- S Gohel
- From the Department of Health Informatics (S.G.), Rutgers University School of Health Professions, Newark, New Jersey
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- Departments of Radiology (M.E.L., M.J., K.P., V.H., A.I.H., B.V.).,Department of Radiology (M.E.L.), Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (G.R.-K.), New York, New York
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- Departments of Radiology (M.E.L., M.J., K.P., V.H., A.I.H., B.V.)
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- Departments of Radiology (M.E.L., M.J., K.P., V.H., A.I.H., B.V.).,Medical Physics (K.P.)
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- Departments of Radiology (M.E.L., M.J., K.P., V.H., A.I.H., B.V.)
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- Neurosurgery (V.T.), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Departments of Radiology (M.E.L., M.J., K.P., V.H., A.I.H., B.V.)
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- Departments of Radiology (M.E.L., M.J., K.P., V.H., A.I.H., B.V.)
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Bharath RD, Chaitanya G, Panda R, Raghavendra K, Sinha S, Sahoo A, Gohel S, Biswal BB, Satishchandra P. Reduced small world brain connectivity in probands with a family history of epilepsy. Eur J Neurol 2016; 23:1729-1737. [PMID: 27564534 DOI: 10.1111/ene.13104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2015] [Accepted: 06/10/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The role of inheritance in ascertaining susceptibility to epilepsy is well established, although the pathogenetic mechanisms are still not very clear. Interviewing for a positive family history is a popular epidemiological tool in the understanding of this susceptibility. Our aim was to visualize and localize network abnormalities that could be associated with a positive family history in a group of patients with hot water epilepsy (HWE) using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rsfMRI). METHODS Graph theory analysis of rsfMRI (clustering coefficient γ; path length λ; small worldness σ) in probands with a positive family history of epilepsy (FHE+, 25) were compared with probands without FHE (FHE-, 33). Whether a closer biological relationship was associated with a higher likelihood of network abnormalities was also ascertained. RESULTS A positive family history of epilepsy had decreased γ, increased λ and decreased σ in bilateral temporofrontal regions compared to FHE- (false discovery rate corrected P ≤ 0.0062). These changes were more pronounced in probands having first degree relatives and siblings with epilepsy. Probands with multiple types of epilepsy in the family showed decreased σ in comparison to only HWE in the family. CONCLUSION Graph theory analysis of the rsfMRI can be used to understand the neurobiology of diseases like genetic susceptibility in HWE. Reduced small worldness, proportional to the degree of relationship, is consistent with the current understanding that disease severity is higher in closer biological relations.
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- R D Bharath
- Department of Neuroimaging and Interventional Radiology (NIIR), National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India.,Department of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India
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- Department of Neuroimaging and Interventional Radiology (NIIR), National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India
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- Department of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India
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- Department of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Newark, NJ, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Newark, NJ, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Newark, NJ, USA
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- Department of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India
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Bharath RD, Biswal BB, Bhaskar MV, Gohel S, Jhunjhunwala K, Panda R, George L, Gupta AK, Pal PK. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation induced modulations of resting state motor connectivity in writer's cramp. Eur J Neurol 2015; 22:796-805, e53-4. [PMID: 25623591 DOI: 10.1111/ene.12653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2014] [Accepted: 11/17/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Writer's cramp (WC) is a focal task-specific dystonia of the hand which is increasingly being accepted as a network disorder. Non-invasive cortical stimulation using repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has produced therapeutic benefits in some of these patients. This study aimed to visualize the motor network abnormalities in WC and also its rTMS induced modulations using resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rsfMRI). METHODS Nineteen patients with right-sided WC and 20 matched healthy controls (HCs) were prospectively evaluated. All patients underwent a single session of rTMS and rsfMRI was acquired before (R1) and after (R2) rTMS. Seed-based functional connectivity analysis of several regions in the motor network was performed for HCs, R1 and R2 using SPM8 software. Thresholded (P < 0.05, false discovery rate corrected) group level mean correlation maps were used to derive significantly connected region of interest pairs. RESULTS Writer's cramp showed a significant reduction in resting state functional connectivity in comparison with HCs involving the left cerebellum, thalamus, globus pallidus, putamen, bilateral supplementary motor area, right medial prefrontal lobe and right post central gyrus. After rTMS there was a significant increase in the contralateral resting state functional connectivity through the left thalamus-right globus pallidus-right thalamus-right prefrontal lobe network loop. CONCLUSIONS It is concluded that WC is a network disorder with widespread dysfunction much larger than clinically evident and changes induced by rTMS probably act through subcortical and trans-hemispheric unaffected connections. Longitudinal studies with therapeutic rTMS will be required to ascertain whether such information could be used to select patients prior to rTMS therapy.
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- R D Bharath
- Department of Neuroimaging and Interventional Radiology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, Karnataka, India
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