Impact of Severe Extracranial ICA Stenosis on MRI Perfusion and Diffusion Parameters in Acute Ischemic Stroke
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Impact of Severe Extracranial ICA Stenosis on MRI Perfusion and Diffusion Parameters in Acute Ischemic Stroke. / Kaesemann, Philipp; Thomalla, Götz; Cheng, Bastian; Treszl, Andras; Fiehler, Jens; Forkert, Nils Daniel.
in: FRONT NEUROL, Jahrgang 5, 01.01.2014, S. 254.Publikationen: SCORING: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift/Zeitung › SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz › Forschung › Begutachtung
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T1 - Impact of Severe Extracranial ICA Stenosis on MRI Perfusion and Diffusion Parameters in Acute Ischemic Stroke
AU - Kaesemann, Philipp
AU - Thomalla, Götz
AU - Cheng, Bastian
AU - Treszl, Andras
AU - Fiehler, Jens
AU - Forkert, Nils Daniel
N1 - Frontiers in neurology - Kurztitel nicht auswählbar
PY - 2014/1/1
Y1 - 2014/1/1
N2 - PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of a coexisting internal carotid artery (ICA) stenosis on lesion volumes as well as diffusion and perfusion parameters in acute ischemic stroke resulting from middle cerebral artery (MCA) occlusion.MATERIAL AND METHODS: Magnetic resonance imaging data of 32 patients with MCA occlusion with or without additional ICA stenosis imaged within 4.5 h of symptom onset were analyzed. Both groups consisted of 16 patients. Acute diffusion lesions were semi-automatically segmented in apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) MRI datasets. Perfusion maps of cerebral blood volume (CBV), cerebral blood flow, mean transit time and T max were calculated using perfusion-weighted MRI datasets. Tissue-at-risk (TAR) volumes were generated by subtracting the ADC lesion from the hypoperfusion lesion defined by T max >6 s. Median ADC and perfusion parameter values were extracted separately for the diffusion lesion and TAR and used for statistical analysis.RESULTS: No significant differences were found between the groups regarding the diffusion lesion and TAR volumes. Statistical analysis of diffusion and perfusion parameters revealed CBV as the only parameter with a significant difference (p = 0.009) contributing a small effect (η(2) = 0.11) to the group comparison with higher CBV values for the patient group with a coexisting ICA stenosis, while no significant effects were found for the other diffusion and perfusion parameters analyzed.CONCLUSION: The results of this study suggest that a coexisting ICA stenosis does not have a strong effect on tissue status or perfusion parameters in acute stroke patients except for a moderate elevation of CBV. This may reflect improved collateral circulation or ischemic preconditioning in patients with a pre-existing proximal stenosis balancing impaired perfusion from the stenosis.
AB - PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of a coexisting internal carotid artery (ICA) stenosis on lesion volumes as well as diffusion and perfusion parameters in acute ischemic stroke resulting from middle cerebral artery (MCA) occlusion.MATERIAL AND METHODS: Magnetic resonance imaging data of 32 patients with MCA occlusion with or without additional ICA stenosis imaged within 4.5 h of symptom onset were analyzed. Both groups consisted of 16 patients. Acute diffusion lesions were semi-automatically segmented in apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) MRI datasets. Perfusion maps of cerebral blood volume (CBV), cerebral blood flow, mean transit time and T max were calculated using perfusion-weighted MRI datasets. Tissue-at-risk (TAR) volumes were generated by subtracting the ADC lesion from the hypoperfusion lesion defined by T max >6 s. Median ADC and perfusion parameter values were extracted separately for the diffusion lesion and TAR and used for statistical analysis.RESULTS: No significant differences were found between the groups regarding the diffusion lesion and TAR volumes. Statistical analysis of diffusion and perfusion parameters revealed CBV as the only parameter with a significant difference (p = 0.009) contributing a small effect (η(2) = 0.11) to the group comparison with higher CBV values for the patient group with a coexisting ICA stenosis, while no significant effects were found for the other diffusion and perfusion parameters analyzed.CONCLUSION: The results of this study suggest that a coexisting ICA stenosis does not have a strong effect on tissue status or perfusion parameters in acute stroke patients except for a moderate elevation of CBV. This may reflect improved collateral circulation or ischemic preconditioning in patients with a pre-existing proximal stenosis balancing impaired perfusion from the stenosis.
U2 - 10.3389/fneur.2014.00254
DO - 10.3389/fneur.2014.00254
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 25538674
VL - 5
SP - 254
JO - FRONT NEUROL
JF - FRONT NEUROL
SN - 1664-2295
ER -