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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on outcomes of acute ischemic stroke patients treated with endovascular therapy: A multicenter Canadian study Open

Shenghua Zhu, Ammar Alam, Rebecca E. Thornhill, Vered Tsehmaister-Abitbul, Grant Stotts , et al. · 2025

Objective The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic led to the implementation of wide-ranging institutional infection control protocols. The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of the pandemic on outcomes of large…

Canadian Stroke Best Practice Recommendations, 7th Edition: Cerebral Venous Thrombosis, 2024 – CORRIGENDUM Open

Thalia S. Field, M. Patrice Lindsay, Theodore Wein, Derek Debicki, Johnathon Gorman , et al. · 2024

Occipital Condyle Meningioma Diagnosed via Percutaneous Transoral Biopsy Open

Michael A. Rizzuto, Kenneth Ong, Ryojo Akagami, Manraj K.S. Heran · 2023

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Percutaneous microcoil localization as an aid to ultrasound-guided hepatic gastrointestinal stromal tumor metastasis resection: A case report Open

Ravjot Dhatt, Leandro Cardarelli‐Leite, Sonia A. Butterworth, Manraj K.S. Heran · 2023

Introduction: Liver nodules that develop in children with cancer may represent primary malignancy, metastatic disease, or other conditions potentially requiring aggressive management. Laparoscopic methods have been utilized for nodule rese…

Differential age-associated brain atrophy and white matter changes among homeless and precariously housed individuals compared with the general population Open

Jacob L. Stubbs, Andrea A. Jones, Daniel Wolfman, Ryan C. Y. Chan, Fidel Vila‐Rodriguez , et al. · 2023

Background Homeless or precariously housed individuals live with poor health and experience premature mortality compared with the general population, yet little is known about age-related brain changes among these individuals. We evaluated…

Canadian Stroke Best Practice Recommendations: Acute Stroke Management, 7<sup>th</sup> Edition Practice Guidelines Update, 2022 Open

Manraj K.S. Heran, Patrice Lindsay, Gord Gubitz, Amy Yu, Aravind Ganesh , et al. · 2022

The 2022 update of the Canadian Stroke Best Practice Recommendations (CSBPR) for Acute Stroke Management , 7 th edition, is a comprehensive summary of current evidence-based recommendations, appropriate for use by an interdisciplinary team…

International controlled study of revascularization and outcomes following <span>COVID‐positive</span> mechanical thrombectomy Open

Adam A. Dmytriw, Sherief Ghozy, Ahmad Sweid, Michel Piotin, Kimon Bekelis , et al. · 2022

Background and purpose Previous studies suggest that mechanisms and outcomes in patients with COVID‐19‐associated stroke differ from those in patients with non‐COVID‐19‐associated strokes, but there is limited comparative evidence focusing…

Traumatic brain injury in precariously housed persons: Incidence and risks Open

Tiffany A. O’Connor, William J. Panenka, Emily M. Livingston, Jacob L. Stubbs, J. Askew , et al. · 2022

Differential age-associated brain atrophy and white matter changes among homeless and precariously housed individuals compared to the general population Open

Jacob L. Stubbs, Andrea A. Jones, Daniel Wolfman, Ryan C. Y. Chan, Alexandra T. Vertinsky , et al. · 2021

Importance Homeless or precariously housed individuals live with poor health and experience premature mortality compared to the general population. With an increasing average age among this demographic, syndromes associated with neurogener…

Alterations in brain morphology by MRI in adults with neurofibromatosis 1 Open

Su Wang, Victor‐Felix Mautner, Ralph Buchert, Stéphane Flibotte, Per Suppa , et al. · 2021

Objective Neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1) is a rare autosomal dominant disease that causes the dysregulated growth of Schwann cells. Most reported studies of brain morphology in NF1 patients have included only children, and clinical implications…

Age and Acute Ischemic Stroke Outcome in North American Patients With COVID‐19 Open

Adam A. Dmytriw, Mahmoud Dibas, Clemens M. Schirmer, Fabio Settecase, Manraj K.S. Heran , et al. · 2021

Background Acute ischemic stroke (AIS) in the context of COVID‐19 has received considerable attention for its propensity to affect patients of all ages. We aimed to evaluate the effect of age on functional outcome and mortality following a…

Canadian Stroke Best Practice Recommendations: Secondary Prevention of Stroke Update 2020 Open

David J. Gladstone, M. Patrice Lindsay, James D. Douketis, Eric E. Smith, Dar Dowlatshahi , et al. · 2021

The 2020 update of the Canadian Stroke Best Practice Recommendations (CSBPR) for the Secondary Prevention of Stroke includes current evidence-based recommendations and expert opinions intended for use by clinicians across a broad range of …

The CT guided transoral approach: A biopsy technique for a poorly differentiated chordoma in a 5 year old Open

Robert D’Ortenzio, Stefano Tolhurst, Melissa Harvey, Arvindera Ghag, Manraj K.S. Heran · 2021

Mass lesions presenting at the craniocervical junction often present a unique challenge due to the complex anatomic arrangement limiting access for tissue diagnosis. The transoral approach has predominantly been used for percutaneous verte…

The use of preoperative CT-guided microcoil placement in localization of a head and neck foreign body Open

Katharina Leitmeyer, Manraj K.S. Heran, Neil K. Chadha, Ronak Rahmanian · 2021

Foreign body removal in the head and neck region can be a challenging procedure, especially when it comes to a second look procedure with scar tissue. Multiple techniques for pre- or intraoperative localization of foreign bodies are known.…

Characterizing Traumatic Brain Injury and Its Association with Losing Stable Housing in a Community-based Sample Open

Jacob L. Stubbs, Allen E. Thornton, Kristina M. Gicas, Tiffany A. O’Connor, Emily M. Livingston , et al. · 2021

Objective: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is increasingly recognized as a common and impactful health determinant in homeless and precariously housed populations. We sought to describe the history of TBI in a precariously housed sample and e…

A241 A REVIEW OF 101 CHILDREN WITH GASTRO-JEJUNAL FEEDING TUBES INCLUDING THEIR COMPLICATIONS AT BC CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL. Open

Vishal Avinashi, Thanh D. Hoang, E Lee, Tammie Dewan, Manraj K.S. Heran , et al. · 2021

Background The use of GastroJejunal Tubes (GJTs) is an increasingly common method for providing post-pyloric enteral nutrition in pediatric patients. Aims To describe the patients with GJT including the indication, comorbidities including …

Systems Biology Methods Applied to Blood and Tissue for a Comprehensive Analysis of Immune Response to Hepatitis B Vaccine in Adults Open

Rym Ben-Othman, Bing Cai, Aaron C. Liu, Natallia Varankovich, Daniel He , et al. · 2020

Conventional vaccine design has been based on trial-and-error approaches, which have been generally successful. However, there have been some major failures in vaccine development and we still do not have highly effective licensed vaccines…

Cerebral Small Vessel Disease, Risk Factors, and Cognition in Tenants of Precarious Housing Open

Lily Zhou, William J. Panenka, Ghadeer Al-Momen, Kristina M. Gicas, Allen E. Thornton , et al. · 2020

Background and Purpose: We aim to describe the burden, characteristics, and cognitive associations of cerebral small vessel disease in a Canadian sample living with multimorbidity in precarious housing. Methods: Participants received T1, T…

Impact and prevention of errors in endovascular treatment of unruptured intracranial aneurysms Open

Johanna M. Ospel, Nima Kashani, Arnuv Mayank, Petra Cimflová, Manraj K.S. Heran , et al. · 2020

Background Preventing errors and complications in neurointervention is crucial, particularly in the treatment of unruptured intracranial aneurysms (UIAs), where the natural history is generally benign, and the margin of treatment benefit s…

Atypical Somatic Symptoms in Adults With Prolonged Recovery From Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Open

Jacob L. Stubbs, Katherine E. Green, Noah D. Silverberg, Andrew Howard, Amrit K. Dhariwal , et al. · 2020

Somatization may contribute to persistent symptoms after mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). In two independently-recruited study samples, we characterized the extent to which symptoms atypical of mTBI but typical for patients suffering fr…

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Manraj K.S. Heran, Gerald M. Legiehn · 2019

Characterizing traumatic brain injury and its association with homelessness in a community-based sample of precariously housed adults and youth Open

Jacob L. Stubbs, Allen E. Thornton, Kristina M. Gicas, Tiffany A. O’Connor, Emily M. Livingston , et al. · 2019

We characterized the prevalence, mechanisms, and sex difference of lifetime traumatic brain injury (TBI) in a precariously housed sample. We also examined the impact of TBI severity and timing on becoming and staying homeless. 285 precario…

Atypical somatic symptoms in adults with prolonged recovery from mild traumatic brain injury Open

Jacob L. Stubbs, Katherine E. Green, Noah D. Silverberg, Andrew Howard, Amrit K. Dhariwal , et al. · 2019

Somatization may contribute to persistent symptoms after mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). In two independently-recruited study samples, we characterized the extent to which symptoms atypical of mTBI but typical for somatoform disorders …

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Brain Infarcts and Associations With Cognitive Performance in Tenants of Marginal Housing Open

Lily Zhou, William J. Panenka, Andrea A. Jones, Kristina M. Gicas, Allen E. Thornton , et al. · 2019

Background Homeless and vulnerably housed individuals are at increased risk for multimorbidity compared with the general population. We assessed prevalence of brain infarcts on neuroimaging and associations with vascular risk factors and c…

Emergency Embolization of Artery of Adamkiewicz Pseudoaneurysm Following Methylenedioxymethamphetamine Abuse Open

Manraj K.S. Heran, James P. Nugent, Mostafa Fatehi, Charles S. Haw · 2019

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Treatment of recurrent or persistent spontaneous pneumothorax in children with synthetic glue pleurodesis Open

Vivian Ma, Ravjot Dhatt, Candace Haddock, Erik D. Skarsgard, Manraj K.S. Heran · 2018

P.062 MR Venography predicts increased intracranial hypertension in children with hydrocephalus Open

AC Rohr, Friederike Knerlich‐Lukoschus, Manraj K.S. Heran, Jason R. Shewchuk, Nils G. Margraf , et al. · 2018

Background: We investigated whether the presence of dural sinus narrowing is a more reliable marker of intracranial hypertension / shunt failure in children than the imaging finding of hydrocephalus. -Methods: Cranial MRIs of n=12 children…

Clinical and functional characteristics of young adults living in single room occupancy housing: preliminary findings from a 10-year longitudinal study Open

Skye Barbic, Andrea A. Jones, Melissa L. Woodward, Matt Piercy, Steve Mathias , et al. · 2018

Additional file 3: of Serial MRIs provide novel insight into natural history of optic pathway gliomas in patients with neurofibromatosis 1 Open

Laura Sellmer, Said Farschtschi, Marco Marangoni, Manraj K.S. Heran, Patricia Birch , et al. · 2018

Table S3. Published cases of spontaneous regression of symptomatic and asymptomatic OPG in NF1 patients. (XLSX 9 kb)

Endovascular pharmacomechanical thrombolysis—a novel treatment for circumaortic left renal vein and inferior vena cava thrombosis in a paediatric patient with relapsing nephrotic syndrome Open

Manraj K.S. Heran, Tyler M. Coupal, Janis M. Dionne · 2017

While venous thromboembolism (VTE) in children with nephrotic syndrome (NS) remains an uncommon clinical entity, it represents one of the disease's most severe and potentially fatal complications. As such, clinicians and radiologists must …

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