Song Liu1,2, Yu Luo3, Chen Wang4, Ruowei Tang1,2, Zhiguo Sheng4, Weiwei Xie1,2, Shengting Chai1,2, Yu Guo2, Chao Chai2, Qi Yang5, Zhaoyang Fan6, Binge Chang4, Shuang Xia1,2. 1. Radiology Department, First Central Clinical College, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China. 2. Radiology Department, Tianjin First Central Hospital, Tianjin, China. 3. Radiology Department, Translational Research Institute of Brain and Brain-Like Intelligence, Shanghai Fourth People's Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. 4. Neurosurgery Department, Tianjin First Central Hospital, Tianjin, China. 5. Radiology Department, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China. 6. Biomedical Imaging Research Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, California, Los Angeles, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Atherosclerotic plaque in the middle cerebral artery (MCA) is linked to ischemic stroke events, but the relationship between plaque characteristics and cerebral perfusion is unclear. PURPOSE: To investigate MCA plaque characteristics between intracranial atherosclerotic patients with and without hypoperfusion area, and to identify the variables affecting hypoperfusion volume. STUDY TYPE: Retrospective. POPULATION: Seventy-one patients with MCA stenosis (>50%), and all with ischemic onset in recent 2 weeks. FIELD STRENGTH/SEQUENCE: 3.0T MRI / diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI), time-of-flight magnetic resonance angiography (TOF-MRA), inversion-recovery prepared sampling perfection with application-optimized contrast using different flip angle evolutions (IR-SPACE), dynamic susceptibility contrast perfusion-weighted imaging (DSC-PWI). ASSESSMENT: Plaque characteristics including eccentric index (EI), eccentricity, plaque length, and enhancement on MCA were measured on IR-SPACE. Pial collaterals (PCs) were evaluated on axial TOF-MRA source images. Time-to-maximum (Tmax) maps with a threshold more than 6 seconds were assessed by rapid processing of perfusion and diffusion (RAPID) software. STATISTICAL TESTS: Two independent-samples t-tests, Mann-Whitney U-test, chi-square test, Z test, univariate and multivariate logistic analysis, and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve were used. RESULTS: Patients with hypoperfusion had fewer eccentric plaque, lower EI, longer plaque length, and poor PCs compared with those without (P = 0.002, 0.016, 0.003, and 0.001). Eccentricity, plaque length, PCs, and hypertension were the factors independently associated with the occurrence of hypoperfusion after adjustment for risk factors of cerebrovascular disease (P = 0.014, 0.017, 0.035, and 0.018). The area under the curve (AUC) (95% confidence interval) was 0.865 (0.763-0.934) for a combination of the above four variables, which was significantly higher than any variable alone (P < 0.001, 0.016, < 0.001, and < 0.001). Patients with lower EI, concentric morphology, and grade 2 enhancement trended to have larger hypoperfusion volume (P = 0.028, 0.037, and 0.009). DATA CONCLUSION: Plaque eccentricity, plaque length, PCs, and hypertension showed an association with the occurrence of hypoperfusion. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: 4 Technical Efficacy Stage: 2 J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2020;51:195-204.
BACKGROUND:Atherosclerotic plaque in the middle cerebral artery (MCA) is linked to ischemic stroke events, but the relationship between plaque characteristics and cerebral perfusion is unclear. PURPOSE: To investigate MCA plaque characteristics between intracranial atheroscleroticpatients with and without hypoperfusion area, and to identify the variables affecting hypoperfusion volume. STUDY TYPE: Retrospective. POPULATION: Seventy-one patients with MCA stenosis (>50%), and all with ischemic onset in recent 2 weeks. FIELD STRENGTH/SEQUENCE: 3.0T MRI / diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI), time-of-flight magnetic resonance angiography (TOF-MRA), inversion-recovery prepared sampling perfection with application-optimized contrast using different flip angle evolutions (IR-SPACE), dynamic susceptibility contrast perfusion-weighted imaging (DSC-PWI). ASSESSMENT: Plaque characteristics including eccentric index (EI), eccentricity, plaque length, and enhancement on MCA were measured on IR-SPACE. Pial collaterals (PCs) were evaluated on axial TOF-MRA source images. Time-to-maximum (Tmax) maps with a threshold more than 6 seconds were assessed by rapid processing of perfusion and diffusion (RAPID) software. STATISTICAL TESTS: Two independent-samples t-tests, Mann-Whitney U-test, chi-square test, Z test, univariate and multivariate logistic analysis, and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve were used. RESULTS:Patients with hypoperfusion had fewer eccentric plaque, lower EI, longer plaque length, and poor PCs compared with those without (P = 0.002, 0.016, 0.003, and 0.001). Eccentricity, plaque length, PCs, and hypertension were the factors independently associated with the occurrence of hypoperfusion after adjustment for risk factors of cerebrovascular disease (P = 0.014, 0.017, 0.035, and 0.018). The area under the curve (AUC) (95% confidence interval) was 0.865 (0.763-0.934) for a combination of the above four variables, which was significantly higher than any variable alone (P < 0.001, 0.016, < 0.001, and < 0.001). Patients with lower EI, concentric morphology, and grade 2 enhancement trended to have larger hypoperfusion volume (P = 0.028, 0.037, and 0.009). DATA CONCLUSION: Plaque eccentricity, plaque length, PCs, and hypertension showed an association with the occurrence of hypoperfusion. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: 4 Technical Efficacy Stage: 2 J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2020;51:195-204.
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