Mark R Etherton1, Ona Wu2, Pedro Cougo2, Anne-Katrin Giese2, Lisa Cloonan2, Kaitlin M Fitzpatrick2, Allison S Kanakis2, Gregoire Boulouis2, Hasan H Karadeli2, Arne Lauer2, Jonathan Rosand2, Karen L Furie2, Natalia S Rost2. 1. From the J. Philip Kistler Stroke Research Center (M.R.E., O.W., P.C., A.-K.G., L.C., K.M.F., A.S.K., G.B., H.H.K., A.L., N.S.R.), Department of Neurology, and Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging (O.W.), Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School; Division of Neurocritical Care and Emergency Neurology (J.R.), Department of Neurology and Center for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; and Department of Neurology (K.L.F.), Rhode Island Hospital, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence. metherton@partners.org. 2. From the J. Philip Kistler Stroke Research Center (M.R.E., O.W., P.C., A.-K.G., L.C., K.M.F., A.S.K., G.B., H.H.K., A.L., N.S.R.), Department of Neurology, and Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging (O.W.), Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School; Division of Neurocritical Care and Emergency Neurology (J.R.), Department of Neurology and Center for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; and Department of Neurology (K.L.F.), Rhode Island Hospital, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To characterize the effect of white matter microstructural integrity on cerebral tissue and long-term functional outcomes after acute ischemic stroke (AIS). METHODS: Consecutive AIS patients with brain MRI acquired within 48 hours of symptom onset and 90-day modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score were included. Acute infarct volume on diffusion-weighted imaging (DWIv) and white matter hyperintensity volume (WMHv) on T2 fluid-attenuated inversion recovery MRI were measured. Median fractional anisotropy (FA), mean diffusivity, radial diffusivity, and axial diffusivity values were calculated within normal-appearing white matter (NAWM) in the hemisphere contralateral to the acute lesion. Regression models were used to assess the association between diffusivity metrics and acute cerebral tissue and long-term functional outcomes in AIS. Level of significance was set at p < 0.05 for all analyses. RESULTS: Among 305 AIS patients with DWIv and mRS score, mean age was 64.4 ± 15.9 years, and 183 participants (60%) were male. Median NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score was 3 (interquartile range [IQR] 1-8), and median normalized WMHv was 6.19 cm3 (IQR 3.0-12.6 cm3). Admission stroke severity (β = 0.16, p < 0.0001) and small vessel stroke subtype (β = -1.53, p < 0.0001), but not diffusivity metrics, were independently associated with DWIv. However, median FA in contralesional NAWM was independently associated with mRS score (β = -9.74, p = 0.02), along with age, female sex, NIHSS score, and DWIv. CONCLUSIONS: FA decrease in NAWM contralateral to the acute infarct is associated with worse mRS category at 90 days after stroke. These data suggest that white matter integrity may contribute to functional recovery after stroke.
OBJECTIVE: To characterize the effect of white matter microstructural integrity on cerebral tissue and long-term functional outcomes after acute ischemic stroke (AIS). METHODS: Consecutive AIS patients with brain MRI acquired within 48 hours of symptom onset and 90-day modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score were included. Acute infarct volume on diffusion-weighted imaging (DWIv) and white matter hyperintensity volume (WMHv) on T2 fluid-attenuated inversion recovery MRI were measured. Median fractional anisotropy (FA), mean diffusivity, radial diffusivity, and axial diffusivity values were calculated within normal-appearing white matter (NAWM) in the hemisphere contralateral to the acute lesion. Regression models were used to assess the association between diffusivity metrics and acute cerebral tissue and long-term functional outcomes in AIS. Level of significance was set at p < 0.05 for all analyses. RESULTS: Among 305 AIS patients with DWIv and mRS score, mean age was 64.4 ± 15.9 years, and 183 participants (60%) were male. Median NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score was 3 (interquartile range [IQR] 1-8), and median normalized WMHv was 6.19 cm3 (IQR 3.0-12.6 cm3). Admission stroke severity (β = 0.16, p < 0.0001) and small vessel stroke subtype (β = -1.53, p < 0.0001), but not diffusivity metrics, were independently associated with DWIv. However, median FA in contralesional NAWM was independently associated with mRS score (β = -9.74, p = 0.02), along with age, female sex, NIHSS score, and DWIv. CONCLUSIONS: FA decrease in NAWM contralateral to the acute infarct is associated with worse mRS category at 90 days after stroke. These data suggest that white matter integrity may contribute to functional recovery after stroke.
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