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  • 2010 - ACM Senior Member

Overview

W. T. Longstreth is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, particularly within cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. Their research spans several subfields, including molecular biology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, and neurology.

Key areas of focus in their research include atrial fibrillation management and outcomes, acute ischemic stroke management, cardiac imaging and diagnostics, cardiac arrhythmias and treatments, epigenetics and DNA methylation, genetic associations and epidemiology, as well as stroke rehabilitation and recovery.

The scientist has published in various notable venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • UNC Libraries
  • Stroke
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Circulation

Longstreth's recent papers include:

  • Outcomes After Tracheostomy in Patients with Severe Acute Brain Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2020), published in Neurocritical Care
  • Atrial fibrosis in embolic stroke of undetermined source: A multicenter study (2021), published in European Journal of Neurology
  • Computational modeling identifies embolic stroke of undetermined source patients with potential arrhythmic substrate (2021), published in eLife
  • Clonal Hematopoiesis is Associated with Reduced Risk of Alzheimer's Disease (2021), published in Blood
  • Identification of Palliative Care Needs and Mental Health Outcomes Among Family Members of Patients With Severe Acute Brain Injury (2023), published in JAMA Network Open

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • David Tirschwell
  • Sudha Seshadri
  • Joshua C. Bis
  • Bruce M. Psaty
  • Kenneth J. Mukamal

Throughout their career, Longstreth has received recognition such as the ACM Senior Member award in 2010.

Best Publications

  • Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk

    Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Patricia B. Munroe;Kenneth M. Rice;Murielle Bochud

  • Clinical Correlates of White Matter Findings on Cranial Magnetic Resonance Imaging of 3301 Elderly People: The Cardiovascular Health Study

    W.T. Longstreth;Teri A. Manolio;Alice Arnold;Gregory L. Burke

  • Genome-wide analysis of genetic loci associated with Alzheimer disease.

    Sudha Seshadri;Annette L. Fitzpatrick;M Arfan Ikram;Anita L. DeStefano

  • Silent brain infarcts: a systematic review

    Sarah E Vermeer;William T Longstreth;Peter J Koudstaal

  • Post-cardiac arrest syndrome: Epidemiology, pathophysiology, treatment, and prognostication ☆ ☆☆ ★: A Scientific Statement from the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation; the American Heart Association Emergency Cardiovascular Care Committee; the Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia; the Council on Cardiopulmonary, Perioperative, and Critical Care; the Council on Clinical Cardiology; the Council on Stroke

    Jerry P. Nolan;Robert W. Neumar;Christophe Adrie;Mayuki Aibiki

  • Post–Cardiac Arrest Syndrome

    Robert W. Neumar;Jerry P. Nolan;Christophe Adrie;Mayuki Aibiki

  • Rare coding variants in PLCG2, ABI3, and TREM2 implicate microglial-mediated innate immunity in Alzheimer's disease

    Rebecca Sims;Sven J. Van Der Lee;Adam C. Naj;Céline Bellenguez;Céline Bellenguez

  • Common genetic variants influence human subcortical brain structures.

    Derrek P. Hibar;Jason L. Stein;Jason L. Stein;Miguel E. Renteria;Alejandro Arias-Vasquez

  • Midlife and late-life obesity and the risk of dementia: cardiovascular health study.

    Annette L. Fitzpatrick;Lewis H. Kuller;Oscar L. Lopez;Paula Diehr

  • The genetic architecture of the human cerebral cortex

    Katrina L. Grasby;Neda Jahanshad;Jodie N. Painter;Lucía Colodro-Conde

  • Study of 300,486 individuals identifies 148 independent genetic loci influencing general cognitive function

    Gail Davies;Max Lam;Sarah E. Harris;Joey W. Trampush

  • Prospective Study of Alcohol Consumption and Risk of Dementia in Older Adults

    Kenneth J. Mukamal;Lewis H. Kuller;Annette L. Fitzpatrick;W. T. Longstreth

  • Validating administrative data in stroke research

    David L. Tirschwell;W.T. Longstreth

  • Lacunar Infarcts Defined by Magnetic Resonance Imaging of 3660 Elderly People: The Cardiovascular Health Study

    W. T. Longstreth;Charles Bernick;Teri A. Manolio;Nick Bryan

  • Erratum: Vascular events, mortality, and preventive therapy following ischemic stroke in the elderly (Neurology (2005) 65 (835-842))

    R. C. Kaplan;D. L. Tirschwell;W. T. Longstreth

  • Withdrawal of support in intracerebral hemorrhage may lead to self-fulfilling prophecies

    Kyra J. Becker;A. B. Baxter;W. A. Cohen;H. M. Bybee

  • Genetic risk factors for ischaemic stroke and its subtypes (the METASTROKE collaboration): a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies.

    Matthew Traylor;Martin Farrall;Elizabeth G Holliday;Cathie Sudlow

  • Incidence, manifestations, and predictors of worsening white matter on serial cranial magnetic resonance imaging in the elderly: the Cardiovascular Health Study

    W.T. Longstreth;Alice M. Arnold;Norman J. Beauchamp;Teri A. Manolio

  • Prognosis in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A population-based study

    M.A. del Aguila;W.T. Longstreth;V. McGuire;T.D. Koepsell

  • Factor V Leiden (resistance to activated protein C) increases the risk of myocardial infarction in young women

    F. R. Rosendaal;D. S. Siscovick;S. M. Schwartz;R. K. Beverly

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruce M. Psaty
Bruce M. Psaty University of Washington
Sudha Seshadri
Sudha Seshadri The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Susan R. Heckbert
Susan R. Heckbert University of Washington
Thomas D. Koepsell
Thomas D. Koepsell University of Washington
M. Arfan Ikram
M. Arfan Ikram Erasmus University Rotterdam
Joshua C. Bis
Joshua C. Bis University of Washington
Nicholas L. Smith
Nicholas L. Smith University of Washington
Myriam Fornage
Myriam Fornage The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Thomas H. Mosley
Thomas H. Mosley University of Mississippi Medical Center
Harvey Checkoway
Harvey Checkoway University of California, San Diego

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