Issam A. Awad
University of Chicago
465 Papers
2.4K Citations
Issam A. Awad is an academic researcher from University of Chicago. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Intracerebral hemorrhage. The author has an hindex of 80, co-authored 380 publications. Previous affiliations of Issam A. Awad include Cleveland Clinic & University of Illinois at Chicago.
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Papers
Patients with cranial dural arteriovenous fistulas may benefit from expanded hypercoagulability and cancer screening.
TL;DR: An underlying hypercoagulable state manifested by laboratory testing or clinically, including cancer, is staggeringly common and it is important to recognize this association, along with its impact on the management of the DAVFs and systemic diseases.
Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping and Vessel Wall Imaging as Screening Tools to Detect Microbleed in Sentinel Headache
Daizo Ishii,Daichi Nakagawa,Mario Zanaty,Jorge A Roa,Sami Al Kasab,Amir Shaban,Joseph S. Hudson,Carlos Osorno-Cruz,Stefano Byer,Lauren Allan,James C. Torner,Issam A. Awad,Timothy J. Carroll,Edgar A. Samaniego,David Hasan +14 more
TL;DR: If proven in a larger cohort, combining QSM and VWI could be an adjunctive tool to help diagnose SH, especially in cases with negative or non-diagnostic CT and lumbar puncture.
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Abortive intussusceptive angiogenesis causes multi-cavernous vascular malformations.
Wenqing Li,Virginia Tran,Iftach Shaked,Belinda Xue,Thomas R. Moore,Rhonda Lightle,David Kleinfeld,Issam A. Awad,Mark H. Ginsberg +8 more
TL;DR: This paper used CRISPR-Cas9 mutagenesis to induce mosaic inactivation of zebrafish ccm2 resulting in a novel lethal multi-cavernous lesion in the embryonic caudal venous plexus (CVP) caused by obstruction of blood flow by intraluminal pillars.
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Ruptured superior cerebellar artery aneurysm in a child with bilateral fibromuscular hyperplasia of the renal arteries: case report and review of the literature.
Brian A. O'Shaughnessy,Christopher S. Eddleman,Bernard R. Bendok,Richard J. Parkinson,Issam A. Awad,H. Hunt Batjer +5 more
TL;DR: The authors report the case of a pediatric patient with bilateral fibromuscular hyperplasia (FMH) of the renal arteries who sustained a subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) caused by the rupture of a superior cerebellar artery aneurysm.
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