Posts by Mark R. Etherton, MD, PhD
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No Sex Differences in Outcomes After Endovascular Thrombectomy for LVO Stroke
In a real-world analysis of patients treated with endovascular thrombectomy for stroke due to emergent large vessel occlusion, Massachusetts General Hospital researchers found women and men had comparable reperfusion rates and 90-day functional outcomes, even though women were older and had more pre-stroke disability.
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Sex Differences in Microvascular Integrity Tied to Different Outcomes After Ischemic Stroke
Women's poorer functional outcomes after acute ischemic stroke, compared with men, may be due to sex differences in the structural integrity of cerebral white matter and the permeability of the blood–brain barrier.
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Poor Stroke Outcomes in Women Associated with Loss of White Matter Structure
Reduced fractional anisotropy suggestive of loss of white matter organization correlated with worse functional outcomes after acute ischemic stroke in women, but not in men
Biography
Mark attended the Pennsylvania State University where he majored in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Nutrition. As a member of the Schreyer Honors College, his honors thesis was conducted on the synthesis and assembly of nanostructures using aqueous two-phase systems. He subsequently obtained his MD and PhD degrees at the University of Texas at Southwestern Medical Center. His dissertation work was conducted in the laboratory of Dr. Thomas Südhof where he characterized synaptic transmission in the autism-relevant synaptic cell adhesion molecules neurexin and neuroligin. After completing medical school, Mark pursued residency training in neurology at the Harvard Neurology Residency Program at Brigham and Women's and MGH, followed by a fellowship in Vascular Neurology. His research interests involve stroke recovery and neuroprotection in ischemic stroke.