Nina A Hilkens1, Charlotte Jj van Asch2, Gabriel Je Rinkel3, Catharina Jm Klijn3,4. 1. Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands. 2. Kempenhaeghe, Academic Center for Epileptology, Heeze, The Netherlands. 3. Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands. 4. Department of Neurology, Center for Neuroscience, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: It is unknown which patients with non-traumatic isolated intraventricular hemorrhage should undergo angiographic imaging to detect an underlying macrovascular cause and which modality has the highest yield. We studied yield of angiographic examinations in patients with isolated intraventricular hemorrhage. METHODS: We reviewed medical records of patients with intraventricular hemorrhage admitted to the University Medical Center Utrecht between 2002 and 2012. We searched PubMed and Embase for studies on angiographic examinations in intraventricular hemorrhage until January 2014. We calculated yield of angiographic imaging and investigated influence of age, hypertension and anticoagulant use with meta-regression analysis. RESULTS: We identified 39 patients of whom 30 underwent an angiographic study. CTA suggested a macrovascular abnormality in nine patients, which was confirmed by DSA in seven. In the literature, we found 16 studies describing 209 patients. Pooled analysis showed a yield of 58% for DSA (95% CI 48-68%; 147 patients). One small study described the yield of CTA or MRA (0%; 4 patients). Yield of angiographic imaging decreased with increasing age (-2.6%; -5.0 to -0.2 per year increase) but was not affected by history of hypertension (-8.3%; -80.8 to 64.2) or anticoagulant use (-47.1%; -110.3 to 16.1). CONCLUSION: The reported yield of DSA in isolated intraventricular hemorrhage is around 50% but varies considerably, probably due to differences in clinical judgment on the need for angiography performance. The yield is higher in younger patients but based on the available data, it is not possible to set age or other criteria for patients in whom DSA can be safely omitted.
BACKGROUND: It is unknown which patients with non-traumatic isolated intraventricular hemorrhage should undergo angiographic imaging to detect an underlying macrovascular cause and which modality has the highest yield. We studied yield of angiographic examinations in patients with isolated intraventricular hemorrhage. METHODS: We reviewed medical records of patients with intraventricular hemorrhage admitted to the University Medical Center Utrecht between 2002 and 2012. We searched PubMed and Embase for studies on angiographic examinations in intraventricular hemorrhage until January 2014. We calculated yield of angiographic imaging and investigated influence of age, hypertension and anticoagulant use with meta-regression analysis. RESULTS: We identified 39 patients of whom 30 underwent an angiographic study. CTA suggested a macrovascular abnormality in nine patients, which was confirmed by DSA in seven. In the literature, we found 16 studies describing 209 patients. Pooled analysis showed a yield of 58% for DSA (95% CI 48-68%; 147 patients). One small study described the yield of CTA or MRA (0%; 4 patients). Yield of angiographic imaging decreased with increasing age (-2.6%; -5.0 to -0.2 per year increase) but was not affected by history of hypertension (-8.3%; -80.8 to 64.2) or anticoagulant use (-47.1%; -110.3 to 16.1). CONCLUSION: The reported yield of DSA in isolated intraventricular hemorrhage is around 50% but varies considerably, probably due to differences in clinical judgment on the need for angiography performance. The yield is higher in younger patients but based on the available data, it is not possible to set age or other criteria for patients in whom DSA can be safely omitted.
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Intraventricular hemorrhage; arteriovenous malformation; computed tomography angiography; digital subtraction angiography; magnetic resonance angiography
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