Carlos S. Kase, MD

Board Certifications: Neurology, Vascular Neurology
Special Interests: Stroke, Cerebrovascular Disease

Recent Publications

Rodriguez-Luna D, Stewart T, Dowlatshahi D, Kosior JC, Aviv RI, Molina CA, Silva Y, Dzialowski I, Lum C, Czlonkowska A, Boulanger JM, Kase CS, Gubitz G, Bhatia R, Padma V, Roy J, Subramaniam S, Hill MD, Demchuk AM. Perihematomal Edema Is Greater in the Presence of a Spot Sign but Does Not Predict Intracerebral Hematoma Expansion. Stroke. 2015 Dec 22. pii: STROKEAHA.115.011295.

Huynh TJ, Aviv RI, Dowlatshahi D, Gladstone DJ, Laupacis A, Kiss A, Hill MD, Molina CA, Rodriguez-Luna D, Dzialowski I, Silva Y, Kobayashi A, Lum C, Boulanger JM, Gubitz G, Bhatia R, Padma V, Roy J, Kase CS, Symons SP, Demchuk AM. Validation of the 9-Point and 24-Point Hematoma Expansion Prediction Scores and Derivation of the PREDICT A/B Scores. Stroke. 2015 Nov; 46(11):3105-10.

Blacquiere D, Demchuk AM, Al-Hazzaa M, Deshpande A, Petrcich W, Aviv RI, Rodriguez-Luna D, Molina CA, Silva Blas Y, Dzialowski I, Czlonkowska A, Boulanger JM, Lum C, Gubitz G, Padma V, Roy J, Kase CS, Bhatia R, Hill MD, Dowlatshahi D. Intracerebral Hematoma Morphologic Appearance on Noncontrast Computed Tomography Predicts Significant Hematoma Expansion. Stroke. 2015 Nov; 46(11):3111-6.

Saber H, Himali JJ, Shoamanesh A, Beiser A, Pikula A, Harris TB, Roubenoff R, Romero JR, Kase CS, Vasan RS, Seshadri S. Serum Leptin Levels and the Risk of Stroke: The Framingham Study. Stroke. 2015 Sep 3. pii: STROKEAHA.115.009463.

Zhu S, McClure LA, Lau H, Romero JR, White CL, Babikian V, Nguyen T, Benavente OR, Kase CS, Pikula A. Recurrent vascular events in lacunar stroke patients with metabolic syndrome and/or diabetes. Neurology. 2015 Aug 21. pii: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000001933.

Kase CS, Mohr JP, Martí-Fàbregas J. José Luis Martí Vilalta (1946-2014). Cerebrovasc Dis. 2015;40(1-2):99. doi: 10.1159/000437011.

Dey M, Stadnik A, Riad F, Zhang L, McBee N, Kase C, Carhuapoma JR, Ram M, Lane K, Ostapkovich N, Aldrich F, Aldrich C, Jallo J, Butcher K, Snider R, Hanley D, Ziai W, Awad IA. Bleeding and Infection With External Ventricular Drainage: A Systematic Review in Comparison With Adjudicated Adverse Events in the Ongoing Clot Lysis Evaluating Accelerated Resolution of Intraventricular Hemorrhage Phase III (CLEAR-III IHV) Trial. Neurosurgery. 2015 Mar; 76(3):291-301.

Shoamanesh A, Preis SR, Beiser AS, Vasan RS, Benjamin EJ, Kase CS, Wolf PA, DeCarli C, Romero JR, Seshadri S. Inflammatory biomarkers, cerebral microbleeds, and small vessel disease: Framingham Heart Study. Neurology. 2015 Jan 28. pii: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000001279. [Epub ahead of print]

Pikula A, Beiser AS, Wang J, Himali JJ, Kelly-Hayes M, Kase CS, Yang Q, Seshadri S, Wolf PA. Lipid and lipoprotein measurements and the risk of ischemic vascular events: Framingham Study. Neurology. 2015 Feb 3;84(5):472-9. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000001202. Epub 2015 Jan 7.

Weinstein G, Preis SR, Beiser AS, Au R, Kelly-Hayes M, Kase CS, Wolf PA, Seshadri S. Cognitive performance after stroke – The Framingham Heart Study. Int J Stroke. 2014 Oct;9 Suppl A100:48-54. doi: 10.1111/ijs.12275. Epub 2014 Apr 30.

Busza A, Cervantes-Arslanian AM, Kase CS. Clinical reasoning: a 32-year-old woman with right-sided numbness and word-finding difficulties. Neurology. 2014 Aug 26;83(9):e98-102. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000736.

Shoamanesh A, Masoud H, Furey K, Duerfeldt K, Lau H, Romero JR, Pikula A, Teal P, Nguyen TN, Kase CS, Babikian VL. Larger A1/M1 diameter ratio predicts embolic anterior cerebral artery territorial stroke. Stroke. 2014 Sep;45(9):2798-800.
doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.005672.

Shoamanesh A, Romero JR, Kase CS. Spontaneous cervical spinal epidural hematoma mimicking acute stroke. Can J Neurol Sci. 2014 Jul;41(4):533-4.

Romero JR, Preis SR, Beiser A, Decarli C, Viswanathan A, Martinez-Ramirez S, Kase CS, Wolf PA, Seshadri S. Risk Factors, Stroke Prevention Treatments, and Prevalence of Cerebral Microbleeds in the Framingham Heart Study. Stroke. 2014 Apr 8.

Culebras A, Messé SR, Chaturvedi S, Kase CS, Gronseth G. Summary of evidence-based guideline update: prevention of stroke in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation: report of the Guideline Development Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology. Neurology. 2014 Feb 25;82(8):716-24. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000145.

Rist PM, Glymour MM, Orav EJ, Kim E, Kase CS, Buring JE, Kurth T. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug use and functional outcome from ischemic cerebral events among women. Eur J Intern Med. 2014 Mar;25(3):255-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2014.01.013.

Rodriguez-Luna D, Dowlatshahi D, Aviv RI, Molina CA, Silva Y, Dzialowski I, Lum C, Czlonkowska A, Boulanger JM, Kase CS, Gubitz G, Bhatia R, Padma V, Roy J, Stewart T, Huynh TJ, Hill MD, Demchuk AM; PREDICT/Sunnybrook ICH CTA Study Group. Venous phase of computed tomography angiography increases spot sign detection, but intracerebral hemorrhage expansion is greater in spot signs detected in arterial phase. Stroke. 2014 Mar;45(3):734-9. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.003007.

Pikula A, Beiser AS, Chen TC, Preis SR, Vorgias D, DeCarli C, Au R, Kelly-Hayes M, Kase CS, Wolf PA, Vasan RS, Seshadri S. Serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor and vascular endothelial growth factor levels are associated with risk of stroke and vascular brain injury: Framingham Study. Stroke. 2013 Oct;44(10):2768-75. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.001447.