A Y Ibrahim1,2, A Amirabadi3, M M Shroff3, N Dlamini4, P Dirks5, P Muthusami3. 1. From the Department of Diagnostic Imaging (A.Y.I., A.A., M.M.S., P.M.) dr.alaa_yonis@yahoo.com. 2. Department of Clinical Sciences (A.Y.I.), Faculty of Medicine, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan. 3. From the Department of Diagnostic Imaging (A.Y.I., A.A., M.M.S., P.M.). 4. Division of Neurology (N.D.). 5. Division of Neurosurgery (P.D.), Department of Surgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Conventional angiography is the criterion standard for measuring intracranial arterial stenosis. We evaluated signal intensity ratios from TOF-MRA as a measure of intracranial stenosis and infarct risk in pediatric stroke. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective study was undertaken in children with intracranial arterial stenosis, who had TOF-MRA and conventional angiography performed within 6 months. Arterial diameters were measured for percentage stenosis. ROI analysis on TOF-MRA measured signal intensity in pre- and poststenotic segments, with post-/pre-signal intensity ratios calculated. The Pearson correlation was used to compare percentage stenosis on MRA with conventional angiography and signal intensity ratios with percentage stenosis; the point-biserial correlation was used for infarcts compared with percentage stenosis and signal intensity ratios. Sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values were calculated for determining severe (≥70%) stenosis from MRA and signal intensity ratios against the criterion standard conventional angiography. P < .05 was considered statistically significant. RESULTS: Seventy stenotic segments were found in 48 studies in 41 children (median age, 11.0 years; range, 5 months to 17.0 years; male/female ratio, 22:19): 20/41 (48.8%) bilateral, 11/41 (26.8%) right, and 10/41 (24.4%) left, with the most common site being the proximal middle cerebral artery (22/70, 31%). Moyamoya disease accounted for 27/41 (65.9%). Signal intensity ratios and conventional angiography stenosis showed a moderate negative correlation (R = -0.54, P < .001). Receiver operating characteristic statistics showed an area under the curve of 0.86 for using post-/pre-signal intensity ratios to determine severe (≥70%) carotid stenosis, yielding a threshold of 1.00. Sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values for severe stenosis were the following-MRA: 42.8%, 58.8%, 30.0%, and 71.4%; signal intensity ratio >1.00: 97.1%, 77.8%, 71.7%, and 97.4%; combination: 75.5%, 100%, 100%, and 76.8%, respectively. Signal intensity ratios decreased with increasing grade of stenosis (none/mild-moderate/severe/complete, P < .001) and were less when associated with infarcts (0.81 ± 0.52 for arteries associated with downstream infarcts versus 1.31 ± 0.55 for arteries without associated infarcts, P < .001). CONCLUSIONS: Signal intensity ratios from TOF-MRA can serve as a noninvasive measure of intracranial arterial stenosis and allow identification of high-risk lesions in pediatric stroke.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Conventional angiography is the criterion standard for measuring intracranial arterial stenosis. We evaluated signal intensity ratios from TOF-MRA as a measure of intracranial stenosis and infarct risk in pediatric stroke. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective study was undertaken in children with intracranial arterial stenosis, who had TOF-MRA and conventional angiography performed within 6 months. Arterial diameters were measured for percentage stenosis. ROI analysis on TOF-MRA measured signal intensity in pre- and poststenotic segments, with post-/pre-signal intensity ratios calculated. The Pearson correlation was used to compare percentage stenosis on MRA with conventional angiography and signal intensity ratios with percentage stenosis; the point-biserial correlation was used for infarcts compared with percentage stenosis and signal intensity ratios. Sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values were calculated for determining severe (≥70%) stenosis from MRA and signal intensity ratios against the criterion standard conventional angiography. P < .05 was considered statistically significant. RESULTS: Seventy stenotic segments were found in 48 studies in 41 children (median age, 11.0 years; range, 5 months to 17.0 years; male/female ratio, 22:19): 20/41 (48.8%) bilateral, 11/41 (26.8%) right, and 10/41 (24.4%) left, with the most common site being the proximal middle cerebral artery (22/70, 31%). Moyamoya disease accounted for 27/41 (65.9%). Signal intensity ratios and conventional angiography stenosis showed a moderate negative correlation (R = -0.54, P < .001). Receiver operating characteristic statistics showed an area under the curve of 0.86 for using post-/pre-signal intensity ratios to determine severe (≥70%) carotid stenosis, yielding a threshold of 1.00. Sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values for severe stenosis were the following-MRA: 42.8%, 58.8%, 30.0%, and 71.4%; signal intensity ratio >1.00: 97.1%, 77.8%, 71.7%, and 97.4%; combination: 75.5%, 100%, 100%, and 76.8%, respectively. Signal intensity ratios decreased with increasing grade of stenosis (none/mild-moderate/severe/complete, P < .001) and were less when associated with infarcts (0.81 ± 0.52 for arteries associated with downstream infarcts versus 1.31 ± 0.55 for arteries without associated infarcts, P < .001). CONCLUSIONS: Signal intensity ratios from TOF-MRA can serve as a noninvasive measure of intracranial arterial stenosis and allow identification of high-risk lesions in pediatric stroke.
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