Publications Print Harahsheh E, English SW, Demaerschalk BM, Barrett KM, Freeman. Telemedicine-Enabled Ambulances for Prehospital Acute Stroke Management: A Pilot Study Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Digital Health. 2024; 2(4):533-541. Erben Y, Li Y, Da Rocha-Franco JA, Tawk RG, Barrett KM, Freeman WD, Lin M, Huang JF, Miller D, Farres H, Brott TG, Meschia JF, Hakaim AG. Asymptomatic Females Are at Higher Risk for Perioperative TIA/Stroke and Males Are at Higher Risk for Long-Term Mortality after Carotid Artery Stenting: A Vascular Quality Initiative Analysis. Int J Angiol. 2024 Feb; 33 (1):36-45 Epub 2020 Sept 16 View PubMed Lin MP, Demirer M, Middlebrooks EH, Tawk RG, Erben YM, Mateti NR, Youssef H, Anisetti B, Elkhair AM, Gupta V, Erdal BS, Barrett KM, Brott TG, Meschia JF. Greater burden of white matter lesions and silent infarcts ipsilateral to carotid stenosis. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2023 Sep; 32 (9):107287 Epub 2023 July 31 View PubMed Shu L, Zhang W, Yaghi S, Grilli A, de Havenon A, Barrett KM, Johnston KC, Goldstein ED. Prestroke and Poststroke Sulfonylurea Exposure and Functional Outcomes: A Post Hoc Analysis of the SHINE Trial. Stroke. 2023 Sep; 54 (9):e415-e416 Epub 2023 July 14 View PubMed Lozano Gonzalez R, Singh RB, Virador GM, Barrett KM, Farres H, Miller DA, Meschia JF, Sandhu SJS, Erben Y. Systematic Review on Magnetic Resonance Angiography with Vessel Wall Imaging for the Characterization of Symptomatic Carotid Artery Plaque. Ann Vasc Surg. 2023 Sep; 95:224-232 Epub 2023 May 08 View PubMed Franco-Mesa C, Erben Y, Perez AF, Ball CT, Barrett KM, Pham SM, Pochettino A, Fox WC, Miller DA, Sandhu SJS, Brott TG, Meschia JF. No Sex Differences in the Prevalence of Intracranial Aneurysms in Patients with Ascending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms: A Multi-Center Experience. Ann Vasc Surg. 2023 Jul; 93:142-148 Epub 2023 Feb 10 View PubMed Anisetti B, Rost N, Barrett K, Gottesman R, Graff-Radford J, Kittner S, Boden-Albala B, Cissel H, Mills B, Carman K, Vemuri P, Wruck L, Bhapkar M, Donahue K, Gupta S, Meschia JF. Looking for opportunities to co-enroll: The DISCOVERY study experience. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2022 Dec; 31 (12):106862 Epub 2022 Nov 01 View PubMed English SW, Barrett KM, Freeman WD, Demaerschalk BM, Dumitrascu OM. Improving the Telemedicine Evaluation of Patients With Acute Vision Loss: A Call to Eyes. Neurology. 2022 Aug 30; 99 (9):381-386 Epub 2022 June 28 View PubMed English SW, Barrett KM, Freeman WD, Demaerschalk BM. Telemedicine-enabled ambulances and mobile stroke units for prehospital stroke management. J Telemed Telecare. 2021 Oct 12; 1357633X211047744 [Epub ahead of print] View PubMed Cheshire WP, Barrett KM, Eidelman BH, Mauricio EA, Huang JF, Freeman WD, Robinson MT, Salomon GR, Ball CT, Gamble DM, Melton VS, Meschia JF. Patient perception of physician empathy in stroke telemedicine. J Telemed Telecare. 2021 Oct; 27 (9):572-581 Epub 2020 Jan 27 View PubMed Haley W, Shawl F, Charles Sternbergh W 3rd, Turan TN, Barrett K, Voeks J, Brott T, Meschia JF. Non-Adherence to Antihypertensive Guidelines in Patients with Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2021 Aug; 30 (8):105918 Epub 2021 June 18 View PubMed Erben Y, Franco-Mesa C, Miller D, Lanzino G, Bendok BR, Li Y, Sandhu SJS, Barrett KM, Freeman WD, Lin M, Huang JF, Huynh T, Farres H, Brott TG, Hakaim AG, Brigham TJ, Todnem ND, Tawk RG, Meschia JF. Higher Risk for Reintervention in Patients after Stenting for Radiation-Induced Internal Carotid Artery Stenosis: A Single-Center Analysis and Systematic Review. Ann Vasc Surg. 2021 May; 73:1-14 Epub 2020 Dec 26 View PubMed Lin MP, Meschia JF, Gopal N, Barrett KM, Ross OA, Ertekin-Taner N, Brott TG. Cilostazol Versus Aspirin for Secondary Stroke Prevention: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2021 Mar; 30 (3):105581 Epub 2020 Dec 31 View PubMed Erben Y, Da Rocha-Franco JA, Ball CT, Barrett KM, Freeman WD, Lin M, Tawk R, Huang JF, Vibhute P, Oderich G, Miller DA, Farres H, Davila V, Money SR, Meltzer AJ, Hakaim AG, Brott TG, Meschia JF. Prevalence of Intracranial Aneurysms in Patients with Infrarenal Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms: A Multicenter Experience. Int J Angiol. 2020 Dec; 29 (4):229-236 Epub 2020 June 27 View PubMed Tipton PW, D'Souza CE, Greenway MRF, Peel JB, Barrett KM, Eidelman BH, Meschia JF, Mauricio EA, Hattery WM, Siegel JL, Huang JF, TerKonda SP, Demaerschalk BM, Freeman WD. Incorporation of Telestroke into Neurology Residency Training: "Time Is Brain and Education". Telemed J E Health. 2020 Aug; 26 (8):1035-1042 Epub 2019 Dec 10 View PubMed Huang JF, Greenway MRF, Nasr DM, Chukwudelunzu FE Sr, Demaerschalk BM, O'Carroll CB, Nord CA, Pahl EA, Barrett KM, Williams LN. Telestroke in the Time of COVID-19: The Mayo Clinic Experience. Mayo Clin Proc. 2020 Aug; 95 (8):1704-1708 Epub 2020 June 13 View PubMed Meschia JF, Barrett KM, Brown RD Jr, Turan TN, Howard VJ, Voeks JH, Lal BK, Howard G, Brott TG. The CREST-2 experience with the evolving challenges of COVID-19: A clinical trial in a pandemic. Neurology. 2020 Jul 7; 95 (1):29-36 Epub 2020 May 01 View PubMed Erben Y, Li Y, Da Rocha-Franco JA, Tawk RG, Barrett KM, Freeman WD, Lin M, Miller D, Beck AW, Scali ST, Farres H, Brott TG, Meschia JF, Hakaim AG. Higher Long-Term Mortality with Carotid Artery Stenting in Asymptomatic Male Compared with Female Patients in the Southeastern Vascular Study Group. Ann Vasc Surg. 2020 Jul; 66:390-399 Epub 2020 Feb 03 View PubMed Demaerschalk BM, Scharf EL, Cloft H, Barrett KM, Sands KA, Miller DA, Meschia JF. Contemporary Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke Across the Continuum: From TeleStroke to Intra-Arterial Management. Mayo Clin Proc. 2020 Jul; 95 (7):1512-1529 View PubMed Erben Y, Barrett KM, Freeman WD, Lin M, Tawk R, Ball CT, Melton VS, Thuro LM, Hakaim AG, Brott TG, Meschia JF. Prevalence of Previously Undiagnosed Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms in Patients with Intracranial Aneurysms: From the Brain and Aortic Aneurysms Study (BAAS). Neurocrit Care. 2020 Jun; 32 (3):796-803 View PubMed Badi MK, Vilanilam GK, Gupta V, Barrett KM, Lesser ER, Cochuyt JJ, Hodge DO, Brott TG, Meschia JF. Pharmacotherapy for Patients with Atrial Fibrillation and Cerebral Microbleeds. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2019 Aug; 28 (8):2159-2167 Epub 2019 May 15 View PubMed Johnston KC, Bruno A, Pauls Q, Hall CE, Barrett KM, Barsan W, Fansler A, Van de Bruinhorst K, Janis S, Durkalski-Mauldin VL, Neurological Emergencies Treatment Trials Network and the SHINE Trial Investigators . Intensive vs Standard Treatment of Hyperglycemia and Functional Outcome in Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke: The SHINE Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2019 Jul 23; 322 (4):326-335 View PubMed Hasan TF, Barrett KM, Brott TG, Badi MK, Lesser ER, Hodge DO, Meschia JF. Severity of White Matter Hyperintensities and Effects on All-Cause Mortality in the Mayo Clinic Florida Familial Cerebrovascular Diseases Registry. Mayo Clin Proc. 2019 Mar; 94 (3):408-416 View PubMed Demaerschalk BM, Boyd EL, Barrett KM, Gamble DM, Sonchik S, Comer MM, Wieser J, Hentz J, Fitz-Patrick D, Chang YH. Comparison of Stroke Outcomes of Hub and Spoke Hospital Treated Patients in Mayo Clinic Telestroke Program. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2018 Nov; 27 (11):2940-2942 Epub 2018 Aug 23 View PubMed Goldstein ED, Schnusenberg L, Mooney L, Raper CC, McDaniel S, Thorpe DA, Franke MT, Anderson LK, McClure LL, Oglesby MM, Lewis CY, Velichko C, Bradley BG, Horn WW Jr, Reid AN, Siegel JL, Cannistraro R, Bechtle P, Barbosa MT, Silvers SM, Brown BL, Freeman WD, Miller DA, Barrett KM, Huang JF. Reducing Door-to-Reperfusion Time for Mechanical Thrombectomy With a Multitiered Notification System for Acute Ischemic Stroke. Mayo Clin Proc Innov Qual Outcomes. 2018 Jun; 2 (2):119-128 Epub 2018 May 24 View PubMed Howard VJ, Meschia JF, Lal BK, Turan TN, Roubin GS, Brown RD Jr, Voeks JH, Barrett KM, Demaerschalk BM, Huston J 3rd, Lazar RM, Moore WS, Wadley VG, Chaturvedi S, Moy CS, Chimowitz M, Howard G, Brott TG, CREST-2 study investigators. Carotid revascularization and medical management for asymptomatic carotid stenosis: Protocol of the CREST-2 clinical trials. Int J Stroke. 2017 Oct; 12 (7):770-778 Epub 2017 May 02 View PubMed Demaerschalk BM, Brown RD Jr, Roubin GS, Howard VJ, Cesko E, Barrett KM, Longbottom ME, Voeks JH, Chaturvedi S, Brott TG, Lal BK, Meschia JF, Howard G, CREST-2 Investigators. Factors Associated With Time to Site Activation, Randomization, and Enrollment Performance in a Stroke Prevention Trial. Stroke. 2017 Sep; 48 (9):2511-2518 Epub 2017 Aug 02 View PubMed Patel N, Gupta V, Barrett K, Vibhute P. A Syndrome of Headache and Neurological Deficits with Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Lymphocytic Pleocytosis (Handl) with Diffuse Vasogenic Leakage of Gadolinium MRI Contrast into the Extra-Axial CSF Journal of Radiology & Radiation therapy. 2017; 5(2): 1072 (2017). Barrett KM, Pizzi MA, Kesari V, TerKonda SP, Mauricio EA, Silvers SM, Habash R, Brown BL, Tawk RG, Meschia JF, Wharen R, Freeman WD. Ambulance-based assessment of NIH Stroke Scale with telemedicine: A feasibility pilot study. J Telemed Telecare. 2017 May; 23 (4):476-483 Epub 2016 May 13 View PubMed Barrett KM, Brott TG. Stroke Caused by Extracranial Disease. Circ Res. 2017 Feb 03; 120: (3)496-501. View PubMed O'Carroll CB, Barrett KM. Cardioembolic Stroke. Continuum (Minneap Minn). 2017 Feb; 23: (1, Cerebrovascular Disease)111-132. View PubMed Barrett KM, Lal BK, Meschia JF. Stroke: advances in medical therapy and acute stroke intervention. Curr Cardiol Rep. 2015 Oct; 17 (10):79 View PubMed Rubin MN, Barrett KM. What to do With Wake-Up Stroke. Neurohospitalist. 2015 Jul; 5 (3):161-72 View PubMed Whitlock JB, Robinson GT, Whitlock JP, Dredla BK, Barrett KM. Mystery Case: A 21-year-old man with visual loss following marijuana use. Neurology. 2015 May 26; 84 (21):e165-9 View PubMed Dhakal LP, Bourgeois K, Barrett KM, Freeman WD. The "starfield" pattern of cerebral fat embolism from bone marrow necrosis in sickle cell crisis. Neurohospitalist. 2015 Apr; 5 (2):74-6 View PubMed Rubin MN, Fugate JE, Barrett KM, Rabinstein AA, Flemming KD. An acute stroke evaluation app: a practice improvement project. Neurohospitalist. 2015 Apr; 5 (2):63-9 View PubMed Harriott AM, Barrett KM. Dissecting the association between migraine and stroke. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep. 2015 Mar; 15 (3):5 View PubMed Rubin MN, Barrett KM, Freeman WD, Lee Iannotti JK, Channer DD, Rabinstein AA, Demaerschalk BM. Teleneurosonology: a novel application of transcranial and carotid ultrasound. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2015 Mar; 24 (3):562-5 Epub 2014 Dec 23 View PubMed Scott KM, Gardner FP, Eidelman BH, Rivera CE, Menke DM, Barrett KM. Clinical reasoning: a 69-year-old man with leukocytosis and hemorrhagic brain lesions. Neurology. 2014 Jul 1; 83 (1):e1-5 View PubMed Robinson MT, Barrett KM. Emerging subspecialties in neurology: neuropalliative care. Neurology. 2014 May 27; 82 (21):e180-2 View PubMed Rubin MN, Barrett KM, Brott TG, Meschia JF. Asymptomatic carotid stenosis: What we can learn from the next generation of randomized clinical trials. JRSM Cardiovasc Dis. 2014 Jan; 3:2048004014529419 Epub 2014 Apr 08 View PubMed Barrett KM, Meschia JF. Genetic stroke syndromes. CONTINUUM Lifelong Learn. Neurol. 2014; 20(2):399-411. Meschia JF, Barrett KM, Brott TG. Reperfusion therapy for acute ischemic stroke: how should we react to the Third Interventional Management of Stroke (IMS III) trial? Mayo Clin Proc. 2013 Jul; 88(7):653-7. Epub 2013 May 29. View PubMed McCollum D, Silvers S, Dawson SB, Barrett KM. Resolution of acute onset hemichorea-hemiballismus after treatment with intravenous tissue plasminogen activator. Neurohospitalist. 2013 Jul; 3 (3):131-4 View PubMed Barrett KM, Ossi RG, Brott TG, Meschia JF. Clinical, anatomic, and procedural durability of carotid revascularization. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2013 Apr; 22(3):218-26. Epub 2011 Sep 13. View PubMed Walsh RD, Floyd JP, Eidelman BH, Barrett KM. Balint syndrome and visual allochiria in a patient with reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome. J Neuroophthalmol. 2012 Dec; 32(4):302-6. View PubMed Woessner H, Vibhute P, Barrett K. Acute loss of bladder control in a stroke of the frontal cortex. Neurohospitalist. 2012 Oct; 2 (4):129-31 View PubMed Freeman WD, Barrett KM, Vatz KA, Demaerschalk BM. Future neurohospitalist: teleneurohospitalist. Neurohospitalist. 2012 Oct; 2 (4):132-43 View PubMed Carrigan WV 3rd, Barrett K, Freeman WD, Avalon N. Multimodal CT to Differentiate Acute Ischemic Stroke From Stroke Mimics. Neurohospitalist. 2012 Apr; 2 (2):60-1 View PubMed Chiota NA, Freeman WD, Barrett KM. Hypoxic-ischemic brain injury and prognosis after cardiac arrest. Continuum. 2011 Oct; 17(5):1094-118. Walsh RD, Barrett KM, Aguilar MI, Lanzino G, Hanel RA, Miller DA, Chong BW, Freeman WD. Intracranial hemorrhage following neuroendovascular procedures with abciximab is associated with high mortality: a multicenter series. Neurocrit Care. 2011 Aug; 15 (1):85-95 View PubMed Barrett KM, Fowler MV. Is fellowship training necessary for neurohospitalists? Neurohospitalist. 2011 Jul; 1 (3):125-7 View PubMed Barrett KM, Brott TG, Brown RD Jr, Carter RE, Geske JR, Graff-Radford NR, McNeil RB, Meschia JF, Mayo Acute Stroke Trial for Enhancing Recovery (MASTER) Study Group. Enhancing recovery after acute ischemic stroke with donepezil as an adjuvant therapy to standard medical care: results of a phase IIA clinical trial. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2011 May-Jun; 20 (3):177-82 Epub 2011 Feb 03 View PubMed Freeman WD, Dawson SB, Raper C, Thiemann K, Josephson SA, Barrett KM. Neurohospitalists reduce length of stay for patients with ischemic stroke. Neurohospitalist. 2011 Apr; 1 (2):67-70 View PubMed Ossi RG, Meschia JF, Barrett KM. Hospital-based management of acute ischemic stroke following intravenous thrombolysis. Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2011 Apr; 9(4):463-72. View PubMed Barrett KM. Neurologic manifestations of acute and chronic renal disease. Continuum. 2011 Feb; 17(1):45-55. Chiota NA, Freeman WD, Barrett K. Earlier Hypothermia Attainment is Associated with Improved Outcomes after Cardiac Arrest. J Vasc Interv Neurol. 2011 Jan; 4 (1):14-7 View PubMed Barrett KM, Meschia JF. Acute ischemic stroke management: medical management. Semin Neurol. 2010 Nov; 30(5):461-8. Epub 2011 Jan 04. View PubMed Barrett KM, Brott TG. Management of stenosis of the extracranial internal carotid artery: endarterectomy versus angioplasty and stenting. Curr Treat Options Neurol. 2010 Nov; 12 (6):475-82 View PubMed Meschia JF, McNeil RB, Barrett KM, Brott TG, Graff-Radford NR, Brown RD Jr. Mayo Acute Stroke Trial for Enhancing Recovery (MASTER) protocol. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2010 Jul-Aug; 19 (4):299-310 View PubMed Meschia JF, Merrill P, Soliman EZ, Howard VJ, Barrett KM, Zakai NA, Kleindorfer D, Safford M, Howard G. Racial disparities in awareness and treatment of atrial fibrillation: the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study. Stroke. 2010 Apr; 41 (4):581-7 Epub 2010 Feb 26 View PubMed Barrett KM, Freeman WD. Emerging subspecialties in neurology: neurohospitalist. Neurology. 2010 Jan 12; 74 (2):e9-10 View PubMed Freeman WD, Palmer S, Freeman ML, Barrett KM. Reversible delayed hypoxic leukoencephalopathy associated with methadone overdose. Acta Medica Academica. 2010; 39(1). Barrett KM, Ding YH, Wagner DP, Kallmes DF, Johnston KC, ASAP Investigators. Change in diffusion-weighted imaging infarct volume predicts neurologic outcome at 90 days: results of the Acute Stroke Accurate Prediction (ASAP) trial serial imaging substudy. Stroke. 2009 Jul; 40 (7):2422-7 Epub 2009 May 14 View PubMed Johnston KC, Barrett KM, Ding YH, Wagner DP, Acute Stroke Accurate Prediction Investigators. Clinical and imaging data at 5 days as a surrogate for 90-day outcome in ischemic stroke. Stroke. 2009 Apr; 40(4):1332-3. Epub 2009 Feb 19. View PubMed Barrett KM, Brott TG. Carotid artery stenting versus carotid endarterectomy: current status. Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2008 Jul; 19(3):447-58, vi. View PubMed Barrett KM, Freeman WD. 71-year-old woman with loss of right-sided vision and cognitive deficits. Mayo Clin Proc. 2008 Jun; 83(6):708-11. View PubMed Lisle TC, Barrett KM, Gazoni LM, Swenson BR, Scott CD, Kazemi A, Kern JA, Peeler BB, Kron IL, Johnston KC. Timing of stroke after cardiopulmonary bypass determines mortality. Ann Thorac Surg. 2008 May; 85(5):1556-62; discussion 1562-3. View PubMed Freeman WD, Barrett KM, Bestic JM, Meschia JF, Broderick DF, Brott TG. Computer-assisted volumetric analysis compared with ABC/2 method for assessing warfarin-related intracranial hemorrhage volumes. Neurocrit Care. 2008; 9 (3):307-12 View PubMed Barrett KM, Brott TG. Carotid endarterectomy versus angioplasty/stenting for carotid stenosis. Curr Atheroscler Rep. 2007 Oct; 9 (4):333-40 View PubMed Barrett KM, Freeman WD, Weindling SM, Brott TG, Broderick DF, Heckman MG, Crook JE, Divertie GD, Meschia JF. Brain injury after cardiopulmonary arrest and its assessment with diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging. Mayo Clin Proc. 2007 Jul; 82(7):828-35. View PubMed Barrett KM, Brott TG, Brown RD Jr, Frankel MR, Worrall BB, Silliman SL, Case LD, Rich SS, Meschia JF, Ischemic Stroke Genetics Study Group. Sex differences in stroke severity, symptoms, and deficits after first-ever ischemic stroke. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2007 Jan-Feb; 16 (1):34-9 View PubMed Gahn G, Hallmeyer-Elgner S, Becker U, Barrett KM, Ackerman RH. Cerebrovascular response time to a breath-holding challenge. VASA European Journal of Vascular Medicine. 2007; 36:181-4. Barrett KM, Brott TG. Carotid artery stenting versus carotid endarterectomy: current status. Neurol Clin. 2006 Nov; 24(4):681-95. View PubMed Meschia JF, Barrett KM, Chukwudelunzu F, Brown WM, Case LD, Kissela BM, Brown RD Jr, Brott TG, Olson TS, Rich SS, Silliman S, Worrall BB, Siblings with Ischemic Stroke Study (SWISS) Investigators. Interobserver agreement in the trial of org 10172 in acute stroke treatment classification of stroke based on retrospective medical record review. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2006 Nov-Dec; 15 (6):266-72 View PubMed Kunz A, Hahn G, Mucha D, Muller A, Barrett KM, von Kummer R, Gahn G. Echo-enhanced transcranial color-coded duplex sonography in the diagnosis of cerebrovascular events: a validation study. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2006 Nov-Dec; 27(10):2122-7. View PubMed Stewart MW, Brazis PW, Barrett KM, Eidelman BH, Mendez JC. Optical coherence tomography in a case of bilateral neuroretinitis. J Neuroophthalmol. 2005 Jun; 25 (2):131-3 View PubMed Freeman WD, Brott TG, Barrett KM, Castillo PR, Deen HG Jr, Czervionke LF, Meschia JF. Recombinant factor VIIa for rapid reversal of warfarin anticoagulation in acute intracranial hemorrhage. Mayo Clin Proc. 2004 Dec; 79: (12)1495-500. View PubMed Barrett KM, Ackerman RH, Gahn G, Romero JM, Candia M. Basilar and middle cerebral artery reserve: a comparative study using transcranial Doppler and breath-holding techniques. Stroke. 2001 Dec 1; 32(12):2793-6. View PubMed Gahn G, Ackerman RH, Candia MR, Barrett KM, Lev MH, Huang AY. Dodecafluoropentane ultrasonic contrast enhancement in carotid diagnosis: preliminary results. J Ultrasound Med. 1999 Feb; 18(2):101-8. View PubMed PST-20225425 Home Publications