Sebastien Soize1, Marie Tisserand1, Sylvain Charron1, Guillaume Turc1, Wagih Ben Hassen1, Marc-Antoine Labeyrie1, Laurence Legrand1, Jean-Louis Mas1, Laurent Pierot1, Jean-François Meder1, Jean-Claude Baron1, Catherine Oppenheim2. 1. From the Department of Neuroradiology, Université Reims-Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France (S.S., L.P.); Departments of Radiology (S.S, M.T, S.C., W.B.H., L.L, J.-F.M., C.O.) and Neurology (G.T., J.-L.M., J.-C.B.), Centre Hospitalier Sainte-Anne, Université Paris Descartes Sorbonne Paris Cité, Centre de Psychiatrie et Neurosciences, INSERM S894, DHU Neurovasc, Paris, France; and Department of Neuroradiology, Université Paris Diderot, DHU Neurovasc, Paris, France (M.-A.L.). 2. From the Department of Neuroradiology, Université Reims-Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France (S.S., L.P.); Departments of Radiology (S.S, M.T, S.C., W.B.H., L.L, J.-F.M., C.O.) and Neurology (G.T., J.-L.M., J.-C.B.), Centre Hospitalier Sainte-Anne, Université Paris Descartes Sorbonne Paris Cité, Centre de Psychiatrie et Neurosciences, INSERM S894, DHU Neurovasc, Paris, France; and Department of Neuroradiology, Université Paris Diderot, DHU Neurovasc, Paris, France (M.-A.L.). c.oppenheim@ch-sainte-anne.fr.
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Here, we assessed how sustained is reversal of the acute diffusion lesion (RAD) observed 24 hours after intravenous thrombolysis, and the relationships between RAD fate and early neurological improvement. METHODS: We analyzed 155 consecutive patients thrombolyzed intravenously 152 minutes (median) after stroke onset and who underwent 3 MR sessions: 1 before and 2 after treatment (median times from onset, 25.6 and 54.3 hours, respectively). Using voxel-based analysis of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI)1, DWI2, and DWI3 lesions on coregistered image data sets, we assessed the outcome of RAD voxels (hyperintense on DWI1 but not on DWI2) as transient or sustained on DWI3, and their relationships with early neurological improvement, defined as ΔNational Institutes of Health Stroke Scale ≥8 or National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale ≤1 at 24 hours. Tmax and apparent diffusion coefficient values were compared between sustained and transient RAD voxels. RESULTS: The median (interquartile range) baseline National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale and DWI1 lesion volume were 11 (7-18) mL and 15.6 (6.0-50.9) mL, respectively. The median (interquartile range) RAD volume on DWI2 was 2.8 (1.1-6.6) mL, of which 70% was sustained on DWI3. Sixteen (10.3%) patients had sustained RAD ≥10 mL. As compared with transient RAD voxels, sustained RAD voxels had nonsignificantly higher baseline apparent diffusion coefficient values (median [interquartile range], 793 [717-887] versus 777 [705-869]×10(-6) mm(2)·s (-1), respectively; P=0.08) and significantly better perfusion (Tmax, mean±SD, 6.3±3.2 versus 7.8±4.0 s; P<0.001). At variance with transient RAD, the volume of sustained RAD was associated with early neurological improvement in multivariate analysis (odds ratio, 1.08; 95% confidence interval, [1.01-1.17], per 1-mL increase; P=0.03). CONCLUSIONS: After thrombolysis, over two-thirds of the DWI lesion reversal captured on 24-hour follow-up MR is sustained. Sustained DWI lesion reversal volume is a strong imaging correlate of early neurological improvement.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Here, we assessed how sustained is reversal of the acute diffusion lesion (RAD) observed 24 hours after intravenous thrombolysis, and the relationships between RAD fate and early neurological improvement. METHODS: We analyzed 155 consecutive patients thrombolyzed intravenously 152 minutes (median) after stroke onset and who underwent 3 MR sessions: 1 before and 2 after treatment (median times from onset, 25.6 and 54.3 hours, respectively). Using voxel-based analysis of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI)1, DWI2, and DWI3 lesions on coregistered image data sets, we assessed the outcome of RAD voxels (hyperintense on DWI1 but not on DWI2) as transient or sustained on DWI3, and their relationships with early neurological improvement, defined as ΔNational Institutes of Health Stroke Scale ≥8 or National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale ≤1 at 24 hours. Tmax and apparent diffusion coefficient values were compared between sustained and transient RAD voxels. RESULTS: The median (interquartile range) baseline National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale and DWI1 lesion volume were 11 (7-18) mL and 15.6 (6.0-50.9) mL, respectively. The median (interquartile range) RAD volume on DWI2 was 2.8 (1.1-6.6) mL, of which 70% was sustained on DWI3. Sixteen (10.3%) patients had sustained RAD ≥10 mL. As compared with transient RAD voxels, sustained RAD voxels had nonsignificantly higher baseline apparent diffusion coefficient values (median [interquartile range], 793 [717-887] versus 777 [705-869]×10(-6) mm(2)·s (-1), respectively; P=0.08) and significantly better perfusion (Tmax, mean±SD, 6.3±3.2 versus 7.8±4.0 s; P<0.001). At variance with transient RAD, the volume of sustained RAD was associated with early neurological improvement in multivariate analysis (odds ratio, 1.08; 95% confidence interval, [1.01-1.17], per 1-mL increase; P=0.03). CONCLUSIONS: After thrombolysis, over two-thirds of the DWI lesion reversal captured on 24-hour follow-up MR is sustained. Sustained DWI lesion reversal volume is a strong imaging correlate of early neurological improvement.
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