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Shahram Oveisgharan
Researcher at Rush University Medical Center
Publications - 105
Citations - 3077
Shahram Oveisgharan is an academic researcher from Rush University Medical Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Stroke & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 86 publications receiving 2240 citations. Previous affiliations of Shahram Oveisgharan include Isfahan University of Medical Sciences & Tehran University of Medical Sciences.
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Global and regional effects of potentially modifiable risk factors associated with acute stroke in 32 countries (INTERSTROKE): a case-control study
Martin O'Donnell,Martin O'Donnell,Siu Lim Chin,Sumathy Rangarajan,Denis Xavier,Lisheng Liu,Hongye Zhang,Purnima Rao-Melacini,Xiaohe Zhang,Prem Pais,Steven Agapay,Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo,Albertino Damasceno,Peter Langhorne,Matthew J. McQueen,Annika Rosengren,Mahshid Dehghan,Graeme J. Hankey,Antonio L. Dans,Ahmed Elsayed,Alvaro Avezum,Charles Mondo,Hans-Christoph Diener,Danuta Ryglewicz,Anna Członkowska,Nana Pogosova,Christian Weimar,Romaina Iqbal,Rafael Diaz,Khalid Yusoff,Khalid Yusoff,Afzalhussein Yusufali,Aytekin Oguz,Xingyu Wang,Ernesto Peñaherrera,Fernando Lanas,Okechukwu S Ogah,Adesola Ogunniyi,Helle K. Iversen,Germán Málaga,Zvonko Rumboldt,Shahram Oveisgharan,Fawaz Al Hussain,Daliwonga Magazi,Yongchai Nilanont,John Ferguson,Guillaume Paré,Salim Yusuf +47 more
TL;DR: The importance of potentially modifiable risk factors for stroke in different regions of the world, and in key populations and primary pathological subtypes of stroke, was quantified.
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Sex differences in Alzheimer’s disease and common neuropathologies of aging
Shahram Oveisgharan,Zoe Arvanitakis,Lei Yu,José Marcelo Farfel,José Marcelo Farfel,Julie A. Schneider,David A. Bennett +6 more
TL;DR: Postmortem data from 1453 persons who participated in one of two longitudinal community-based studies of older adults help elucidate the neuropathologic footprint of sex difference in AD and other common brain pathologies of aging.
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Standard method for developing stroke registers in low-income and middle-income countries: experiences from a feasibility study of a stepwise approach to stroke surveillance (STEPS Stroke)
Thomas Truelsen,Peter U. Heuschmann,Ruth Bonita,G Arjundas,P Dalal,Albertino Damasceno,D Nagaraja,Adesola Ogunniyi,Shahram Oveisgharan,K Radhakrishnan,VI Skvortsoya,V Stakhovskaya +11 more
TL;DR: The aim was to ascertain whether stroke registers could be set up in geographically diverse populations in low-income and middle-income countries, using standardised data-collection manuals and methods, before recommending their wider use.
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Incidence of cardiovascular diseases in an iranian population: the isfahan cohort study
Mohammad Talaei,Nizal Sarrafzadegan,Masoumeh Sadeghi,Shahram Oveisgharan,Tom Marshall,G. Neil Thomas,Rokhsareh Iranipour +6 more
TL;DR: Substantially high incidence rates for almost all CVDs and mortality are found and need urgent consideration by health policy makers specifically for women.
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The Isfahan cohort study: Rationale, methods and main findings
Nizal Sarrafzadegan,Nizal Sarrafzadegan,Mohammad Talaei,Mohammad Talaei,Masoumeh Sadeghi,Masoumeh Sadeghi,Roya Kelishadi,Roya Kelishadi,Shahram Oveisgharan,Shahram Oveisgharan,Noushin Mohammadifard,Noushin Mohammadifard,Amirreza Sajjadieh,Amirreza Sajjadieh,Payam Kabiri,Payam Kabiri,Tom Marshall,Tom Marshall,GN Thomas,GN Thomas,A Tavasoli,A Tavasoli +21 more
TL;DR: This cohort provides confirmatory evidence of the ethnic differences in the magnitude of the impact of various risk factors on cardiovascular events and the differences may be due to varying absolute risk levels among populations and the existing ethnic disparities for using western risk equations to local requirements.