Relative cerebral blood volume as a marker of durable tissue-at-risk viability in hyperacute ischemic stroke
Elisa Cortijo1, Ana Isabel Calleja, Pablo García-Bermejo
1From the Stroke Unit, Department of Neurology (E.C., A.I.C., P.M., J.R., J.F.A.), Section of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology (S.P.-F., M.M.-G.), and Research Support Unit (M.F.M.), Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valladolid, Spain; Department of Medicine, Universidad de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain (P.G.-B.); and Department of Neurosciences, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain (P.G.-B.).
Background And Purpose:
Selection of best responders to reperfusion therapies could be aided by predicting the duration of tissue-at-risk viability, which may be dependant on collateral circulation status. We aimed to identify the best predictor of good collateral circulation among perfusion computed tomography (PCT) parameters in middle cerebral artery (MCA) ischemic stroke and to analyze how early MCA response to intravenous thrombolysis and PCT-derived markers of good collaterals interact to determine stroke outcome.
Methods:
We prospectively studied patients with acute MCA ischemic stroke treated with intravenous thrombolysis who underwent PCT before treatment showing a target mismatch profile. Collateral status was assessed using a PCT source image-based score. PCT maps were quantitatively analyzed. Cerebral blood volume (CBV), cerebral blood flow, and Tmax were calculated within the hypoperfused volume and in the equivalent region of unaffected hemisphere. Occluded MCAs were monitored by transcranial Duplex to assess early recanalization. Main outcome variables were brain hypodensity volume and modified Rankin scale score at day 90.
Results:
One hundred patients with MCA ischemic stroke imaged by PCT received intravenous thrombolysis, and 68 met all inclusion criteria. A relative CBV (rCBV) >0.93 emerged as the only predictor of good collaterals (odds ratio, 12.6; 95% confidence interval, 2.9-55.9; P=0.001). Early MCA recanalization was associated with better long-term outcome and lower infarct volume in patients with rCBV<0.93, but not in patients with high rCBV. None of the patients with rCBV<0.93 achieved good outcome in absence of early recanalization.
Conclusions:
High rCBV was the strongest marker of good collaterals and may characterize durable tissue-at-risk viability in hyperacute MCA ischemic stroke.
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