Francesco Arba1, Chiara Rinaldi2, Danilo Caimano2, Federica Vit2, Giorgio Busto3, Enrico Fainardi4. 1. Stroke Unit, AOU Careggi, Florence, Italy. 2. NEUROFARBA Department, University of Florence, Florence, Italy. 3. Neuroradiology, AOU Careggi, Florence, Italy. 4. Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
Abstract
Introduction: Hemorrhagic transformation (HT) is a complication of reperfusion therapy for acute ischemic stroke. Blood-brain barrier (BBB) disruption is a crucial step toward HT; however, in clinical studies, there is still uncertainty about this relation. Hence, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to summarize the current evidence. Methods: We performed systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies from January 1990 to March 2020 about the relation between BBB disruption and HT in patients with acute ischemic stroke with both computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) assessment of BBB. The outcome of interest was HT at follow-up imaging evaluation (within 48 h from symptom onset). We pooled data from available univariate odds ratios (ORs) in random-effects models with DerSimonian-Laird weights and extracted cumulative ORs. Results: We included 30 eligible studies (14 with CT and 16 with MR), N = 2,609 patients, with 88% and 70% of patients included in CT and MR studies treated with acute stroke therapy, respectively. The majority of studies were retrospective and had high or unclear risk of bias. BBB disruption was measured with consistent methodology in CT studies, whereas in MR studies, there was more variability. All CT studies provided a BBB disruption cutoff predictive of HT. Four CT and 10 MR studies were included in the quantitative analysis. We found that BBB disruption was associated with HT with both CT (OR = 3.42; 95%CI = 1.62-7.23) and MR (OR = 9.34; 95%CI = 3.16-27.59). There was a likely publication bias particularly for MR studies. Conclusion: Our results confirm that BBB disruption is associated with HT in both CT and MR studies. Compared with MR, CT has been more uniformly applied in the literature and has resulted in more consistent results. However, more efforts are needed for harmonization of protocols and methodology for implementation of BBB disruption as a neuroradiological marker in clinical practice.
Introduction: Hemorrhagic transformation (HT) is a complication of reperfusion therapy for acute ischemic stroke. Blood-brain barrier (BBB) disruption is a crucial step toward HT; however, in clinical studies, there is still uncertainty about this relation. Hence, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to summarize the current evidence. Methods: We performed systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies from January 1990 to March 2020 about the relation between BBB disruption and HT in patients with acute ischemic stroke with both computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) assessment of BBB. The outcome of interest was HT at follow-up imaging evaluation (within 48 h from symptom onset). We pooled data from available univariate odds ratios (ORs) in random-effects models with DerSimonian-Laird weights and extracted cumulative ORs. Results: We included 30 eligible studies (14 with CT and 16 with MR), N = 2,609 patients, with 88% and 70% of patients included in CT and MR studies treated with acute stroke therapy, respectively. The majority of studies were retrospective and had high or unclear risk of bias. BBB disruption was measured with consistent methodology in CT studies, whereas in MR studies, there was more variability. All CT studies provided a BBB disruption cutoff predictive of HT. Four CT and 10 MR studies were included in the quantitative analysis. We found that BBB disruption was associated with HT with both CT (OR = 3.42; 95%CI = 1.62-7.23) and MR (OR = 9.34; 95%CI = 3.16-27.59). There was a likely publication bias particularly for MR studies. Conclusion: Our results confirm that BBB disruption is associated with HT in both CT and MR studies. Compared with MR, CT has been more uniformly applied in the literature and has resulted in more consistent results. However, more efforts are needed for harmonization of protocols and methodology for implementation of BBB disruption as a neuroradiological marker in clinical practice.
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