Pub Date : 2024-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.neurad.2023.04.003
Michael Rebsamen , Milena Capiglioni , Robert Hoepner , Anke Salmen , Roland Wiest , Piotr Radojewski , Christian Rummel
Volumetric assessment based on structural MRI is increasingly recognized as an auxiliary tool to visual reading, also in examinations acquired in the clinical routine. However, MRI acquisition parameters can significantly influence these measures, which must be considered when interpreting the results on an individual patient level.
This Technical Note shall demonstrate the problem. Using data from a dedicated experiment, we show the influence of two crucial sequence parameters on the GM/WM contrast and their impact on the measured volumes. A simulated contrast derived from acquisition parameters TI/TR may serve as surrogate and is highly correlated (r=0.96) with the measured contrast.
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Pub Date : 2024-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.neurad.2023.06.004
Chun-Chao Huang , Hsin-Fan Chiang , Cheng‑Chih Hsieh , Hui-Chen Lin , Chia-Hung Wu , Te-Ming Lin , Jung-Hsuan Chen , Chao-Bao Luo , Feng-Chi Chang
Background
Although radiotherapy is common for head/neck and chest cancers (HNCC), it can result in post-irradiation stenosis of the subclavian artery (PISSA). The efficacy of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and stenting (PTAS) to treat severe PISSA is not well-clarified.
Aims
To compare the technical safety and outcomes of PTAS between patients with severe PISSA (RT group) and radiation-naïve counterparts (non-RT group).
Methods
During 2000 and 2021, we retrospectively enrolled patients with severe symptomatic stenosis (>60%) of the subclavian artery who underwent PTAS. The rate of new recent vertebrobasilar ischaemic lesions (NRVBIL), diagnosed on diffusion-weight imaging (DWI) within 24 h of postprocedural brain MRI; symptom relief; and long-term stent patency were compared between the two groups.
Results
Technical success was achieved in all 61 patients in the two groups. Compared with the non-RT group (44 cases, 44 lesions), the RT group (17 cases, 18 lesions) had longer stenoses (22.1 vs 11.1 mm, P = 0.003), more ulcerative plaques (38.9% vs 9.1%, P = 0.010), and more medial- or distal-segment stenoses (44.4% vs 9.1%, P<0.001). The technical safety and outcome between the non-RT group and the RT group were NRVBIL on DWI of periprocedural brain MRI 30.0% vs 23.1%, P = 0.727; symptom recurrence rate (mean follow-up 67.1 ± 50.0 months) 2.3% vs 11.8%, P = 0.185; and significant in-stent restenosis rate (>50%) 2.3% vs 11.1%, P = 0.200.
Conclusion
The technical safety and outcome of PTAS for PISSA were not inferior to those of radiation-naïve counterparts. PTAS for PISSA is an effective treatment for medically refractory ischaemic symptoms of HNCC patients with PISSA.
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The use of flow diverters has been well-validated for the treatment of giant internal carotid artery aneurysms. However, in certain complex cases, the navigation of stent microcatheters across the neck may pose a relative challenge.1, 2, 3 In this technical video (video 1), we present the case of a patient in their 50s experiencing discomfort in the left eye. Angiography identified a giant aneurysm in the ophthalmic segment of the left internal carotid artery. Before seeking care at our institution, the patient had two interventional procedures, both unsuccessful due to difficulties in navigating the microcatheter past the aneurysm neck.4, 5 In our management, after multiple unsuccessful anterograde attempts, we employed a retrograde strategy via the vertebral-basilar-posterior communicating artery route. This approach facilitated the successful deployment of the flow diverter and led to effective aneurysm embolization, underscoring the value of retrograde techniques for challenging cases.
{"title":"Retrograde placement of flow diversion for the treatment of giant internal carotid artery aneurysm","authors":"Haoyu Zhu , Shikai Liang , Yupeng Zhang , Chuhan Jiang","doi":"10.1016/j.neurad.2023.11.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.neurad.2023.11.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span><span>The use of flow diverters has been well-validated for the treatment of giant </span>internal carotid artery aneurysms. However, in certain complex cases, the navigation of stent microcatheters across the neck may pose a relative challenge.</span><span>1</span>, <span>2</span>, <span>3</span> In this technical video (<span>video 1</span><span>), we present the case of a patient in their 50s experiencing discomfort in the left eye. Angiography<span> identified a giant aneurysm in the ophthalmic<span> segment of the left internal carotid artery. Before seeking care at our institution, the patient had two interventional procedures, both unsuccessful due to difficulties in navigating the microcatheter past the aneurysm neck.</span></span></span><span>4</span>, <span>5</span><span> In our management, after multiple unsuccessful anterograde attempts, we employed a retrograde strategy via the vertebral-basilar-posterior communicating artery route. This approach facilitated the successful deployment of the flow diverter and led to effective aneurysm embolization, underscoring the value of retrograde techniques for challenging cases.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":50115,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuroradiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89720314","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.neurad.2023.04.004
Wenjin Yang , Hongjian Zhang , Lei Zhang , Zifu Li , Pengfei Xing , Hongjian Shen , Yongxin Zhang , Xiaoxi Zhang , Xiaofei Ye , Qinghai Huang , Yi Xu , Yongwei Zhang , Jianmin Liu , Conghui Li , Pengfei Yang , DIRECT-MT Investigators
Background
The DIRECT-MT trial showed that endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) alone was noninferior to EVT preceded by intravenous alteplase. However, the infusion of intravenous alteplase was uncompleted before the initiation of EVT in most cases of this trial. Therefore, the additional benefit and risk of over 2/3-dose intravenous alteplase pretreatment remain to be assessed.
Methods
We assessed patients with acute anterior circulation ischemic stroke who received EVT alone or with over 2/3-dose intravenous alteplase pretreatment from the DIRECT-MT trial. Patients were assigned to the thrombectomy-alone group and the alteplase pretreatment group. The primary outcome was the distribution of modified Rankin Scale (mRS) at 90 days. The interaction of treatment allocation and collateral capacity was assessed.
Results
A total of 393 patients (thrombectomy alone: 315; alteplase pretreatment: 78) were identified. The thrombectomy alone was comparable with alteplase pretreatment prior to the thrombectomy on the distribution of mRS at 90 days without significant effect modification by collateral capacity (adjusted common odds ratio (acOR), 1.12; 95% CI, 0.72–1.74; adjusted P for interaction = 0.83). Successful reperfusion before thrombectomy and the number of passes in the thrombectomy alone group differed significantly from the alteplase pretreatment group (2.6% vs. 11.5%; corrected P = 0.02 and 2 vs. 1; corrected P = 0.003). There was no interaction between treatment allocation and collateral capacity on all outcomes.
Conclusions
EVT alone and EVT preceded by over 2/3-dose intravenous alteplase might have equal efficacy and safety for patients with acute anterior circulation large vessel occlusion, except for successful perfusion before thrombectomy and the number of passes.
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Pub Date : 2024-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.neurad.2023.11.007
Fardin Nabizadeh , Rasa Zafari , Mobin Mohamadi , Tahereh Maleki , Mohammad Sadegh Fallahi , Nazanin Rafiei
Background
In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we aimed to investigate the correlation between disability in patients with Multiple sclerosis (MS) measured by the Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) and brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) features to provide reliable results on which characteristics in the MRI can predict disability and prognosis of the disease.
Methods
A systematic literature search was performed using three databases including PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science. The selected peer-reviewed studies must report a correlation between EDSS scores and MRI features. The correlation coefficients of included studies were converted to the Fisher's z scale, and the results were pooled.
Results
Overall, 105 studies A total of 16,613 patients with MS entered our study. We found no significant correlation between total brain volume and EDSS assessment (95 % CI: -0.37 to 0.08; z-score: -0.15). We examined the potential correlation between the volume of T1 and T2 lesions and the level of disability. A positive significant correlation was found (95 % CI: 0.19 to 0.43; z-score: 0.31), (95 % CI: 0.17 to 0.33; z-score: 0.25). We observed a significant correlation between white matter volume and EDSS score in patients with MS (95 % CI: -0.37 to -0.03; z-score: -0.21). Moreover, there was a significant negative correlation between gray matter volume and disability (95 % CI: -0.025 to -0.07; z-score: -0.16).
Conclusion
In conclusion, this systematic review and meta-analysis revealed that disability in patients with MS is linked to extensive changes in different brain regions, encompassing gray and white matter, as well as T1 and T2 weighted MRI lesions.
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Pub Date : 2024-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.neurad.2024.01.076
Guillaume Perrin , Elisabeth Molinier , Benjamin Gory , Maeva Kyheng , Julien Labreuche , Marco Pasi , Kevin Janot , Romain Bourcier , Igor Sibon , Arturo Consoli , Jean-Philippe Desilles , Jean-Marc Olivot , Chrysanthi Papagiannaki , Sebastien Soize , Jean-Christophe Gentric , Cyril Dargazanli , Jildaz Caroff , Raoul Pop , Olivier Naggara , Solene Moulin , Gaultier Marnat
Background
The clinical benefit of mechanical thrombectomy(MT) for stroke patients with tandem occlusion is similar to that of isolated intracranial occlusions. However, the management of cervical internal carotid artery(ICA) occlusion during the MT, particularly in the setting of carotid dissection, remains controversial. We aimed to investigate the clinical impact of cervical ICA patency at day 1 on 3-month functional outcome.
Methods
We collected data from the Endovascular Treatment in Ischemic Stroke, a prospective national registry in 30 French centers performing MT between January 2015 and January 2022. Inclusion criteria were consecutive tandem occlusions related to cervical ICA dissection treated with MT. Tandem occlusions of other etiology, isolated cervical ICA occlusions without intracranial thrombus and patients without day-1 ICA imaging were excluded. Primary endpoint was the 3-month functional outcome. Secondary endpoints included intracranial hemorrhage(ICH), excellent outcome, mortality and early neurological improvement. A sensitivity analysis was performed in patients with intracranial favorable recanalization after MT.
Results
During the study period, 137 patients were included of which 89(65%) presented ICA patency at day 1. The odds of favorable outcome did not significantly differ between patients with patent and occluded ICA at day 1(68.7 vs 59.1%;aOR=1.30;95%CI 0.56-3.00,p=0.54). Excellent outcome, early neurological improvement, mortality and ICH were also comparable between groups. Sensitivity analysis showed similar results.
Conclusion
ICA patency at day 1 in patients with tandem occlusions related to dissection did not seem to influence functional outcome. Endovascular recanalization of the cervical ICA including stenting might not be systematically required in this setting.
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Pub Date : 2024-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.neurad.2023.05.005
M.E.H. Ophelders , M.J.A. van Eldik , I.N. Vos , Y.S. Beentjes , B.K. Velthuis , Y.M. Ruigrok
Background and Purpose
Intracranial aneurysms are more common in women than in men. Some anatomical variants of the circle of Willis (CoW) are associated with a higher risk of developing intracranial aneurysms. We hypothesized that variations of the CoW are sex dependent which may partly explain why intracranial aneurysms are more common in women. We systematically reviewed and meta-analyzed the literature to compare the presence of anatomical variations of the CoW between women and men in the general population.
Material and Methods
A systematic search in Pubmed and EMBASE using predefined criteria, following the PRISMA guidelines was performed. The presence of different CoW anatomical variants and a complete CoW was compared between women and men using an inverse variance weighted random effects meta-analysis to calculate relative risks (RR) with 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs).
Results
Fourteen studies were included reporting on 5478 healthy participants (2511 women, 2967 men). Bilateral fetal type posterior cerebral arteries (RR 2.79; 95%CI 1.65–4.72, I2=0%), and a complete CoW (RR 1.24, 95%CI 1.13–1.36; I2=0%) were more prevalent in women than in men. The variants absence or hypoplasia of one of the anterior cerebral arteries (RR 0.58, 95%CI 0.38–0.88, I2=57%) and hypoplasia or absence of both posterior communicating arteries (RR 0.79, 95%CI 0.71–0.87, I2=0%) were more prevalent in men.
Conclusions
Several anatomical variations of the CoW are sex dependent, with some variants being more common in women while others in men. Future research should assess how these sex-specific CoW variants relate to the sex-specific occurrence of intracranial aneurysms.
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Pub Date : 2024-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.neurad.2023.06.003
Daniela Dumitriu LaGrange , Lijing Xin , François Lazeyras , Karen M. Doyle , Isabel Wanke , Karl-Olof Lövblad
In acute ischemic stroke, the composition of the occlusive clot can be associated with the underlying pathophysiology and the response to treatment. For these reasons, it is important to characterize the clot composition from clinical scans. We examine the ability of 3T and 7T MRI to distinguish the composition of in vitro clots, using quantitative T1 and T2*, alternatively R2*, mapping. When comparing the two field strengths, we found a tradeoff between sensitivity for clot composition and confidence in the clot depiction associated with spatial resolution. The loss of sensitivity at 7T can be mitigated by combining the T1 and T2* signals.
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Pub Date : 2024-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.neurad.2023.05.006
Jin Woo Bae , Han San Oh , Chang-eui Hong , Kang Min Kim , Dong Hyun Yoo , Hyun-Seung Kang , Young Dae Cho
Purpose
In the endovascular era, postcoiling recanalization of cerebral aneurysms is occurring with greater frequency. Repeat coiling is usually done to prevent rebleeding, although long-term outcomes of re-embolization have yet to be adequately investigated. The present study was undertaken to assess clinical and radiographic outcomes of re-embolization in recanalized aneurysms, focusing on procedural safety, efficacy, and durability.
Method
In this retrospective review, we examined 308 patients with 310 recurrent aneurysms. All lesions were re-coiled, once major recanalization (after initial coil embolization) was established. Medical records and radiologic data amassed during extended follow-up were then subject to review. Cox proportional hazards regression analysis was undertaken to identify risk factors for subsequent recurrence.
Result
During a lengthy follow-up (mean, 40.2 ± 33.0 months), major recanalization developed again in 87 aneurysms (28.1%). Multivariable Cox regression analysis linked re-recanalization to initial saccular neck width (p=.003) and autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD; p<.001). Stent implantation (p=.038) and successful occlusion at second coiling (p=.012) were protective against later recanalization in this setting. The more recent the second embolization was performed, the lower the risk of further recurrence (p=.023). Procedure-related complications included asymptomatic thromboembolism (n = 9), transient ischemic neurologic deficits (n = 2), procedural bleeding (n = 1), and coil migration (n = 1), but there were no residual effects or deaths.
Conclusion
Repeat coil embolization is a safe therapeutic option for recanalized cerebral aneurysms. Wide-necked status and ADPKD emerged as risks for subsequent recanalization, whereas successful occlusion and stent implantation seemed to reduce the likelihood of recurrence after re-embolization procedures.
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