Setareh Salehi Omran1, Farid Khasiyev2, Cen Zhang3, Tatjana Rundek4,5, Ralph L Sacco4,5, Clinton B Wright6, Mitchell S V Elkind7,8, Jose Gutierrez7. 1. Department of Neurology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA. 2. Department of Neurology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. 3. Department of Neurology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA. 4. Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA. 5. Department of Neurology, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA. 6. National Institute of Neurologic Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 7. Department of Neurology, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA. 8. Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: In patients with dolichoectasia, it is uncertain how dilatation and/or elongation relate to each other. We aimed to examine the correlation between arterial diameter and length within arteries and across the circle of Willis (COW). METHODS: We included stroke-free participants in the Northern Manhattan Study who underwent magnetic resonance angiography. Intracranial artery diameters and lengths were obtained with semiautomated commercial software and were adjusted for head size. We first investigated the correlation between diameters and length using Pearson's correlation coefficient. We then built generalized linear models adjusted for demographics and risk factors. RESULTS: Among 1210 participants included in the analysis (mean age 71 ± 9 years, 59% women, 65% Hispanic), a larger basilar artery (BA) diameter correlated with greater BA length (r = .3), and left and right middle cerebral artery (MCA) diameters correlated with one another (r = .4). Across the COW, BA diameter correlated with MCA diameters (r = .3 for both). In adjusted analyses, MCA diameters were associated with larger posterior circulation diameters (β = 0.07), MCA and BA lengths (β = 0.003 and β = 0.002, respectively), presence of fetal posterior cerebral artery (PCA), (β = 0.11), and a complete COW (β = -0.02). Similarly, BA length was associated with a fetal PCA (β = 1.1), and BA diameter was associated with anterior circulation diameters (β = 0.15) and presence of fetal PCA (β = -0.4). CONCLUSIONS: COW configuration should be considered when using arterial diameter cutoffs to define dolichoectasia. Further studies are needed to discern whether arterial diameter or length best identify individuals at risk of vascular events attributable to dolichoectasia.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: In patients with dolichoectasia, it is uncertain how dilatation and/or elongation relate to each other. We aimed to examine the correlation between arterial diameter and length within arteries and across the circle of Willis (COW). METHODS: We included stroke-free participants in the Northern Manhattan Study who underwent magnetic resonance angiography. Intracranial artery diameters and lengths were obtained with semiautomated commercial software and were adjusted for head size. We first investigated the correlation between diameters and length using Pearson's correlation coefficient. We then built generalized linear models adjusted for demographics and risk factors. RESULTS: Among 1210 participants included in the analysis (mean age 71 ± 9 years, 59% women, 65% Hispanic), a larger basilar artery (BA) diameter correlated with greater BA length (r = .3), and left and right middle cerebral artery (MCA) diameters correlated with one another (r = .4). Across the COW, BA diameter correlated with MCA diameters (r = .3 for both). In adjusted analyses, MCA diameters were associated with larger posterior circulation diameters (β = 0.07), MCA and BA lengths (β = 0.003 and β = 0.002, respectively), presence of fetal posterior cerebral artery (PCA), (β = 0.11), and a complete COW (β = -0.02). Similarly, BA length was associated with a fetal PCA (β = 1.1), and BA diameter was associated with anterior circulation diameters (β = 0.15) and presence of fetal PCA (β = -0.4). CONCLUSIONS: COW configuration should be considered when using arterial diameter cutoffs to define dolichoectasia. Further studies are needed to discern whether arterial diameter or length best identify individuals at risk of vascular events attributable to dolichoectasia.
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