R Ghaznawi1,2, M H T Zwartbol1, J de Bresser3, H J Kuijf4, K L Vincken4, I Rissanen2, M I Geerlings5, J Hendrikse. 1. Form the Department of Radiology (R.G., M.H.T.Z., J.H.), University Medical Center Utrecht and Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands. 2. Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care (R.G., I.R., M.I.G.), University Medical Center Utrecht and Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands. 3. Department of Radiology (J.D.B.), Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands. 4. Image Sciences Institute (H.J.K, K.L.V), University Medical Center Utrecht and Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands. 5. Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care (R.G., I.R., M.I.G.), University Medical Center Utrecht and Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands m.geerlings@umcutrecht.nl.
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The clinical relevance of cortical microinfarcts has recently been established; however, studies on microinfarcts in the deep gray matter are lacking. We examined the risk factors and MR imaging correlates of microinfarcts in the deep gray matter on 7T MR imaging and their relation to cognitive functioning. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Within the Second Manifestations of ARTerial disease-Magnetic Resonance (SMART-MR) study, 213 patients (mean age, 68 [SD, 8] years) had a risk-factor assessment, 7T and 1.5T brain MR imaging, and a cognitive examination. Microinfarcts on 7T MR imaging were defined as lesions of <5 mm. Regression models were used to examine the age-adjusted associations among risk factors, MR imaging markers, and microinfarcts. Cognitive function was summarized as composite and domain-specific z scores. RESULTS: A total of 47 microinfarcts were found in 28 patients (13%), most commonly in the thalamus. Older age, history of stroke, hypertension, and intima-media thickness were associated with microinfarcts. On 1.5T MR imaging, cerebellar infarcts (relative risk = 2.75; 95% CI, 1.4-5.33) and lacunes in the white (relative risk = 3.28; 95% CI, 3.28-6.04) and deep gray matter (relative risk = 3.06; 95% CI, 1.75-5.35) were associated with microinfarcts, and on 7T MR imaging cortical microinfarcts (relative risk = 2.33; 95% CI, 1.32-4.13). Microinfarcts were also associated with poorer global cognitive functioning (mean difference in the global z score between patients with multiple microinfarcts versus none = -0.97; 95% CI, -1.66 to -0.28, P = .006) and across all cognitive domains. CONCLUSIONS: Microinfarcts in the deep gray matter on 7T MR imaging were associated with worse cognitive functioning and risk factors and MR imaging markers of small-vessel and large-vessel disease. Our findings suggest that microinfarcts in the deep gray matter may represent a novel imaging marker of vascular brain injury.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The clinical relevance of cortical microinfarcts has recently been established; however, studies on microinfarcts in the deep gray matter are lacking. We examined the risk factors and MR imaging correlates of microinfarcts in the deep gray matter on 7T MR imaging and their relation to cognitive functioning. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Within the Second Manifestations of ARTerial disease-Magnetic Resonance (SMART-MR) study, 213 patients (mean age, 68 [SD, 8] years) had a risk-factor assessment, 7T and 1.5T brain MR imaging, and a cognitive examination. Microinfarcts on 7T MR imaging were defined as lesions of <5 mm. Regression models were used to examine the age-adjusted associations among risk factors, MR imaging markers, and microinfarcts. Cognitive function was summarized as composite and domain-specific z scores. RESULTS: A total of 47 microinfarcts were found in 28 patients (13%), most commonly in the thalamus. Older age, history of stroke, hypertension, and intima-media thickness were associated with microinfarcts. On 1.5T MR imaging, cerebellar infarcts (relative risk = 2.75; 95% CI, 1.4-5.33) and lacunes in the white (relative risk = 3.28; 95% CI, 3.28-6.04) and deep gray matter (relative risk = 3.06; 95% CI, 1.75-5.35) were associated with microinfarcts, and on 7T MR imaging cortical microinfarcts (relative risk = 2.33; 95% CI, 1.32-4.13). Microinfarcts were also associated with poorer global cognitive functioning (mean difference in the global z score between patients with multiple microinfarcts versus none = -0.97; 95% CI, -1.66 to -0.28, P = .006) and across all cognitive domains. CONCLUSIONS: Microinfarcts in the deep gray matter on 7T MR imaging were associated with worse cognitive functioning and risk factors and MR imaging markers of small-vessel and large-vessel disease. Our findings suggest that microinfarcts in the deep gray matter may represent a novel imaging marker of vascular brain injury.
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