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Lawrence R. Wechsler is a researcher affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their primary area of study lies within the broad field of Medicine, with a focus on several subfields including Epidemiology, Neurology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Rehabilitation.

Their research contributions predominantly cover topics such as Acute Ischemic Stroke Management, Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery, Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases, Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation, Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances, Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management, and Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications.

Wechsler has authored papers in multiple peer-reviewed journals, including significant frequent publications in the following venues:

  • Stroke
  • Annals of Neurology
  • Neurology Clinical Practice
  • Neurology
  • Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism

Recent important papers associated with Wechsler include:

  • "Most Promising Approaches to Improve Stroke Outcomes: The Stroke Treatment Academic Industry Roundtable XII Workshop" (2023) published in Stroke
  • "Trial of Endovascular Thrombectomy for Large Ischemic Strokes" (2023) published in New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Endovascular Thrombectomy for Large Ischemic Stroke Across Ischemic Injury and Penumbra Profiles" (2024) published in JAMA
  • "Stroke Prevention in Symptomatic Large Artery Intracranial Atherosclerosis Practice Advisory" (2022) published in Neurology
  • "Genome-wide transcriptomic analysis of microglia reveals impaired responses in aged mice after cerebral ischemia" (2020) published in Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism

Wechsler frequently collaborates with several researchers including:

  • James C. Grotta
  • Amrou Sarraj
  • Thanh N. Nguyen
  • Maarten G. Lansberg
  • Bruce Campbell

Best Publications

  • Intra-arterial Prourokinase for Acute Ischemic Stroke: The PROACT II Study: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Anthony Furlan;Randall Higashida;Lawrence Wechsler;Michael Gent

  • Unruptured intracranial aneurysms - Risk of rupture and risks of surgical intervention

    D. Wiebers;J. Whisnant;G. Forbes;I. Meissner

  • Magnetic resonance imaging profiles predict clinical response to early reperfusion: the diffusion and perfusion imaging evaluation for understanding stroke evolution (DEFUSE) study.

    Gregory W. Albers;Vincent N. Thijs;Lawrence Wechsler;Stephanie Kemp

  • Recombinant tissue plasminogen activator in acute thrombotic and embolic stroke

    Gregory J. Del Zoppo;Klaus Poeck;Michael S. Pessin;Samuel M. Wolpert

  • Closure or Medical Therapy for Cryptogenic Stroke with Patent Foramen Ovale

    Anthony J. Furlan;Mark Reisman;Joseph Massaro;Laura Mauri

  • Carotid Endarterectomy and Prevention of Cerebral Ischemia in Symptomatic Carotid Stenosis

    M R Mayberg;S E Wilson;F Yatsu;D G Weiss

  • Assessment: Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography: Report of the Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology

    M. A. Sloan;M. A. Sloan;Andrei Alexandrov;C. H. Tegeler;M. P. Spencer

  • MRI profile and response to endovascular reperfusion after stroke (DEFUSE 2): a prospective cohort study.

    Maarten G. Lansberg;Matus Straka;Stephanie Kemp;Michael Mlynash

  • Transplantation of cultured human neuronal cells for patients with stroke

    D. Kondziolka;L. Wechsler;S. Goldstein;C. Meltzer

  • Neuroradiologic evaluation of patients with acute stroke treated with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator. The rt-PA Acute Stroke Study Group.

    S M Wolpert;H Bruckmann;R Greenlee;L Wechsler

  • Neurotransplantation for patients with subcortical motor stroke: a phase 2 randomized trial.

    Douglas Kondziolka;Gary K. Steinberg;Lawrence Wechsler;Carolyn C. Meltzer

  • A Review of the Evidence for the Use of Telemedicine Within Stroke Systems of Care A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association

    Lee H. Schwamm;Robert G. Holloway;Pierre Amarenco;Heinrich J. Audebert

  • Cerebral hemorrhage after intra-arterial thrombolysis for ischemic stroke The PROACT II trial

    Carlos S. Kase;Anthony J. Furlan;L. R. Wechsler;R. T. Higashida

  • Optimal Tmax threshold for predicting penumbral tissue in acute stroke.

    Jean-Marc Olivot;Michael Mlynash;Vincent N. Thijs;Stephanie Kemp

  • Guidelines and Recommendations for Perfusion Imaging in Cerebral Ischemia: A Scientific Statement for Healthcare Professionals by the Writing Group on Perfusion Imaging, From the Council on Cardiovascular Radiology of the American Heart Association

    Richard E. Latchaw;Howard Yonas;George J. Hunter;William T.C. Yuh

  • Clinical Outcomes of Transplanted Modified Bone Marrow–Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Stroke: A Phase 1/2a Study

    Gary K. Steinberg;Douglas Kondziolka;Lawrence R. Wechsler;L. Dade Lunsford

  • Safety and efficacy of multipotent adult progenitor cells in acute ischaemic stroke (MASTERS): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial.

    David C Hess;Lawrence R Wechsler;Wayne M Clark;Sean I Savitz

  • A phase III randomized efficacy trial of 2000 mg citicoline in acute ischemic stroke patients

    W. M. Clark;L. R. Wechsler;L. A. Sabounjian;U. E. Schwiderski

  • Selection of Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients for Intra-Arterial Thrombolysis With Pro-Urokinase by Using ASPECTS

    Michael D. Hill;Michael D. Hill;Howard A. Rowley;Howard A. Rowley;Felix Adler;Michael Eliasziw

  • Ischemic core and penumbra in human stroke

    Anthony M. Kaufmann;Andrew D. Firlik;Melanie B. Fukui;Lawrence R. Wechsler

Frequent Co-Authors

Tudor G. Jovin
Tudor G. Jovin Cooper University Hospital
Gregory W. Albers
Gregory W. Albers Stanford University
Vivek Y. Reddy
Vivek Y. Reddy Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Michael P. Marks
Michael P. Marks Stanford University
Howard Yonas
Howard Yonas University of New Mexico
Roland Bammer
Roland Bammer Monash University
Randall T. Higashida
Randall T. Higashida University of California, San Francisco
Douglas Kondziolka
Douglas Kondziolka New York University
Vincent Thijs
Vincent Thijs Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Colin P. Derdeyn
Colin P. Derdeyn University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

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