Mario Zanaty1, James D Rossen1,2,3, Jorge A Roa1,4, Daichi Nakagawa5, Joseph S Hudson1, Sami Al Kasab4, Kaustubh Limaye4, Khaled Asi4, Sudeepta Dandapat4, Pascal Jabbour6, Edgar A Samaniego1,4,7, David M Hasan1. 1. Department of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa. 2. Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa. 3. Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa. 4. Department of Neurology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa. 5. Department of Neurosurgery, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. 6. Department of Neurological Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 7. Department of Radiology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Most trials have assessed intracranial atherosclerotic disease (ICAD) severity based on angiographic stenosis. However, anatomic stenosis might not accurately identify the actual state of functional post-stenotic flow limitation. OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether angiographic stenosis correlates with physiologic distal flow limitation, measured as trans-stenotic pressure gradients, in ICAD patients. METHODS: In patients referred for endovascular treatment of anterior circulation symptomatic ICAD who failed maximal medical therapy (MMT) per SAMMPRIS (Stenting versus Aggressive Medical Therapy for Intracranial Arterial Stenosis) criteria, angiographic luminal diameters and percentages of stenosis were correlated with trans-stenotic pressure gradients, calculated as distal/proximal pressure ratios (DPPR) and proximal minus distal pressure gradients (PDPG), by way of Spearman correlation coefficients. RESULTS: Nine patients (3 men, 6 women) were evaluated. Atherosclerotic lesions' locations included internal carotid artery in 5 subjects (2 cavernous, 3 supraclinoid) and proximal middle cerebral artery (M1) in 4 patients. Mean percentage of stenosis was 80 ± 8% (range 75%-94%). Minimal lumen diameter at the most stenotic ICAD site ranged from 0.2 to 0.9 mm (0.59 ± 0.41 mm). DPPR ranged from 0.38 to 0.63 (0.56 ± 0.14). PDPG ranged from 35 to 57 mm Hg (50 ± 8 mm Hg). Spearman coefficients showed no correlation between DPPR or PDPG and angiographic minimal luminal diameters or percentages of stenosis. There were no procedural complications related to trans-stenotic pressure measurements. CONCLUSION: Angiographic stenosis does not reflect the physiologic severity of distal flow limitation in patients with ICAD. Hemodynamic assessment using trans-stenotic pressure ratios and gradients may serve as a more reliable predictive biomarker for MMT failure and response to revascularization.
BACKGROUND: Most trials have assessed intracranial atherosclerotic disease (ICAD) severity based on angiographic stenosis. However, anatomic stenosis might not accurately identify the actual state of functional post-stenotic flow limitation. OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether angiographic stenosis correlates with physiologic distal flow limitation, measured as trans-stenotic pressure gradients, in ICADpatients. METHODS: In patients referred for endovascular treatment of anterior circulation symptomatic ICAD who failed maximal medical therapy (MMT) per SAMMPRIS (Stenting versus Aggressive Medical Therapy for Intracranial Arterial Stenosis) criteria, angiographic luminal diameters and percentages of stenosis were correlated with trans-stenotic pressure gradients, calculated as distal/proximal pressure ratios (DPPR) and proximal minus distal pressure gradients (PDPG), by way of Spearman correlation coefficients. RESULTS: Nine patients (3 men, 6 women) were evaluated. Atherosclerotic lesions' locations included internal carotid artery in 5 subjects (2 cavernous, 3 supraclinoid) and proximal middle cerebral artery (M1) in 4 patients. Mean percentage of stenosis was 80 ± 8% (range 75%-94%). Minimal lumen diameter at the most stenotic ICAD site ranged from 0.2 to 0.9 mm (0.59 ± 0.41 mm). DPPR ranged from 0.38 to 0.63 (0.56 ± 0.14). PDPG ranged from 35 to 57 mm Hg (50 ± 8 mm Hg). Spearman coefficients showed no correlation between DPPR or PDPG and angiographic minimal luminal diameters or percentages of stenosis. There were no procedural complications related to trans-stenotic pressure measurements. CONCLUSION: Angiographic stenosis does not reflect the physiologic severity of distal flow limitation in patients with ICAD. Hemodynamic assessment using trans-stenotic pressure ratios and gradients may serve as a more reliable predictive biomarker for MMT failure and response to revascularization.
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