Abstract TP477: Vessel Diameter, Brain Perfusion and Small Vessel Disease Burden in HIV+ Population and Controls

Stroke ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 51 (Suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Igor B Títoff ◽  
Kyle Murray ◽  
Xing Qiu ◽  
Henry Wang ◽  
Sanjay Maggirwar ◽  
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Cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) in patients with HIV is a subject of ongoing study in regard to the effect of HIV infection on cerebral vessels. In our cohort of HIV+ (on stable cART for at least 12 weeks) and age-matched controls, we investigated the relationship between HIV status and extracranial large vessel diameter, burden of white matter hyperintensities (WMH), as well as cerebral blood flow (CBF). Subjects underwent MRI including an arterial spin labeling (ASL) sequence to calculate CBF and MRA to measure arterial diameters. Arterial diameter and regional CBF were used as outcome variables in multivariate regression models incorporating HIV status, hypertension, WMH burden, age, and Reynold score. Partial correlations were performed to assess the relationship strength between CBF and vessel diameter. Extracranial vessel diameter means were significantly different between HIV+ and HIV- cohorts after controlling for age, Reynold score, WMH, hypertension, and regional CBF means. CBF was not significantly different in the presence of HIV, nor WMH. However, hypertension and age were significantly associated with CBF in multivariate regression analysis. Extracranial vessel diameter and WMH were not significantly related. Accounting for HIV status did not affect this correlation. Extracranial large vessel diameter (0.3) and age (0.6) were strongly and significantly partially correlated with CBF. There appears to be a relationship between HIV status and caliber of extracranial vessels, suggesting possible effect of HIV on large vessel health. Vessel diameter and WMH may be related due to similar risk factors, however, further study is needed at this time. As expected, large vessel diameter correlated with perfusion metrics and age. Future directions include a volumetric assessment of WMH and assessments of the relationship between markers of platelets and endothelial dysfunction.

2003 ◽  
Vol 214 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 11-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Slowik ◽  
Tomasz Iskra ◽  
Wojciech Turaj ◽  
Jadwiga Hartwich ◽  
Aldona Dembinska-Kiec ◽  
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Neurology ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 80 (7) ◽  
pp. 662-669 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Brisset ◽  
P. Boutouyrie ◽  
F. Pico ◽  
Y. Zhu ◽  
M. Zureik ◽  
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Stroke ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 52 (Suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Forrest Lowe ◽  
Souvik Sen ◽  
Hamdi S Adam ◽  
Ryan Demmer ◽  
Bruce A Wasserman ◽  
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Background: Prior studies have shown the association between periodontal disease, lacunar strokes and cognitive impairment. Using the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) cohort study we investigated the relationship between periodontal disease (PD) and the development of MRI verified small vessel disease. Methods: Using the ARIC database data we extracted data for 1143 (mean age 77 years, 76% white, 24% African-American and 45% male) participants assessed for PD (N=800) versus periodontal health (N=343). These participants were assessed for small vessel disease on 3T MRI as measured by the log of white matter hyperintensity volume (WMHV). WMHV were derived from a semiautomated segmentation of FLAIR images. Student t-test was then used to evaluate the relationship between small vessel disease as the log of WMHV in subjects with PD or periodontal health. Based on WMHV the patients were grouped into quartiles and the association of PD with WMHV were tested using the group in periodontal health and lowest quartile of WMHV as the reference groups. Multinomial logistic regression was used to compute crude and adjusted odds ratio (OR) for the higher quartiles of WMHV compared to the reference quartile. Results: There was a significant increase in the presence of small vessel disease measured as log WMHV in the PD cohort as compared to periodontal health cohort with p= 0.023 on Independent Sample t-est. Based on WMHV the subjects were grouped into quartiles 0-6.41, >6.41-11.56, >11.56-21.36 and >21.36 cu mm3). PD was associated with only the highest quartile of WMHV on univariate (crude OR 1.77, 95% CI 1.23-2.56) and multivariable (adjusted OR 1.61, 95% CI 1.06-2.44) analyses. The later was adjusted for age, race, gender, hypertension, diabetes and smoking. Conclusion: Based on this prospective cohort there is data to suggest that PD may be associated with cerebral small vessel disease. Maintaining proper dental health may decrease future risk for the associated lacunar strokes and vascular cognitive impairment.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jihui Wang ◽  
Xiaodong Chen ◽  
Jinchi Liao ◽  
Li Zhou ◽  
Hongying Han ◽  
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Abstract Objective Evidence of a relationship between non breathing-related sleep fragmentation and imaging markers of the brain in cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) patients is scarce. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship in CSVD patients living in China, where CSVD is a major pathogenesis underlying stroke. Methods A group of 84 CSVD patients were prospectively recruited along with 24 age and sex matched normal controls. 3.0 T superconducting magnetic resonance imaging and overnight polysomnography were conducted in all the participants. Polysomnography parameters including sleep onset latency, total sleep time; sleep efficiency, wake after sleep onset, percentage of each sleep stage (N1, N2, N3 and REM) and arousal index were compared between the CSVD patients and normal controls, and the relationship between arousal index and CSVD markers was explored in the CSVD group. Results Polysomnography measures showed that CSVD patients had significantly higher arousal index and wake after sleep onset, lower sleep efficiency and N-3 ratio compared to normal controls ( p < 0.05). The results of ordinal logistic regression showed that higher arousal index was positively associated with the severity of periventricular white matter hyperintensity (OR 1.177, 95% CI 0.170 to 2.295) and perivascular space (OR 1.245, 95% CI 0.485 to 2.124) in CSVD patients, after adjusting for all the independent variables. Conclusions These preliminary results indicate that non breathing-related sleep fragmentation is common and related to the pathological markers of CSVD patients. Future prospective research is invited to establish the causal relationship between sleep parameters and CSVD pathology.


2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
L Testa ◽  
S Dani ◽  
D Desai ◽  
R Pandya ◽  
P Parekh ◽  
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Abstract Objective The aim of the study was to assess the clinical outcome of Abluminus DES in patients with small vessels. Background Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of small coronary vessel (≤2.75 mm) associated with more chances of restenosis and repeat revascularization even when drug eluting stent employed. Methods A total of 2,500 patients enrolled in en-ABL e-registry which is a prospective, multicentre observational post market registry. Out of 2,500 patients, 1,253 patients had small vessel (SV, ≤2.75 mm) while 1,247 had large vessel (LV, >3mm) disease. The primary endpoint was major adverse cardiac events (MACE) which is composite of cardiac death, target vessel myocardial infraction (TV-MI) and target lesion/vessel revascularization (TLR) at 1 year follow up. The secondary endpoint were stent thrombosis and MACE up to 2 years. Results Baseline characteristics were well matched in both groups. In the SV group had higher prevalence of diabetes as compared to large vessel 43.0% vs 25.7%. Total 1,400 lesions treated with 1,612 Abluminus DES and 1,569 lesions treated with 1,675 Abluminus DES in SV and LV groups respectively. The mean diameter of stent was 2.61±0.23 and 3.3±0.3 mm in SV and LV groups respectively. There was a significant difference in MACE in treatment groups (3.7% vs. 1.4%, p=0.004 respectively) at 1 year. No significant differences were observed between SV and LV groups in terms of death/myocardial infarction or stent thrombosis. There were increment of only one TLR and no stent thrombosis reported at 2-year follow-up. Conclusion This result suggests the efficacy and safety of novel Abluminus DES in small vessel disease.


Stroke ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 51 (5) ◽  
pp. 1404-1410 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle P. Lin ◽  
Thomas G. Brott ◽  
David S. Liebeskind ◽  
James F. Meschia ◽  
Kevin Sam ◽  
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Background and Purpose— Cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) is associated with increased stroke risk and poor stroke outcomes. We aimed to evaluate whether chronic SVD burden is associated with poor recruitment of collaterals in large-vessel occlusive stroke. Methods— Consecutive patients with middle cerebral artery or internal carotid artery occlusion presenting within 6 hours after stroke symptom onset who underwent thrombectomy from 2012 to 2017 were included. The prespecified primary outcome was poor collateral flow, which was assessed on baseline computed tomographic angiography (poor, ≤50% filling; good, >50% filling). Markers of chronic SVD on brain magnetic resonance imaging were rated for the extent of white matter hyperintensities, enlarged perivascular spaces, chronic lacunar infarctions and cerebral microbleeds using the Standards for Reporting Vascular Changes on Neuroimaging criteria. Severity of SVD was quantified by adding the presence of each SVD feature, with a total possible score of 0 to 4; each SVD type was also evaluated separately. Multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed to evaluate the relationships between SVD and poor collaterals, with adjustment for potential confounders. Results— Of the 100 eligible patients, the mean age was 65±16 years, median National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score was 15, and 68% had any SVD. Poor collaterals were observed in 46%, and those with SVD were more likely to have poor collaterals than patients without SVD (aOR, 1.9 [95% CI, 1.1–3.2]). Of the SVD types, poor collaterals were significantly associated with white matter hyperintensities (aOR, 2.9 per Fazekas increment [95% CI, 1.6–5.3]) but not with enlarged perivascular spaces (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 1.3 [95% CI, 0.4–4.0]), lacunae (aOR, 2.1 [95% CI, 0.6–7.1]), or cerebral microbleeds (aOR, 2.1 [95% CI, 0.6–7.8]). Having a greater number of different SVD markers was associated with a higher odds of poor collaterals (crude trend P <0.001; adjusted P =0.056). There was a dose-dependent relationship between white matter hyperintensity burden and poor collaterals: adjusted odds of poor collaterals were 1.5, 3.0, and 9.7 across Fazekas scores of 1 to 3 ( P trend=0.015). No patient with an SVD score of 4 had good collaterals. Conclusions— Chronic cerebral SVD is associated with poor recruitment of collaterals in large vessel occlusive stroke. A prospective study to elucidate the potential mechanism of how SVD may impair the recruitment of collaterals is ongoing.


Neurology ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 88 (23) ◽  
pp. 2162-2168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Pasi ◽  
Gregoire Boulouis ◽  
Panagiotis Fotiadis ◽  
Eitan Auriel ◽  
Andreas Charidimou ◽  
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Objective:To evaluate whether the burden of deep and lobar lacunes differs between patients with intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) with definite/probable cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) per the Boston criteria and hypertensive small vessel disease (HTN-SVD; ICH in basal ganglia, thalami, brainstem).Methods:We defined lobar and deep lacunes similar to the topographic distribution used for ICH and cerebral microbleeds (CMBs). We then compared their distribution between patients with CAA-ICH and those with strictly deep CMB and ICH (HTN-ICH). The independent associations of lacune location with the diagnosis of CAA-ICH and HTN-ICH were evaluated with multivariable models. The relationship between lobar lacunes and white matter hyperintensity (WMH) volume was evaluated by means of partial correlation analyses adjusted for age and a validated visual scale.Results:In our final cohort of 316 patients with ICH, lacunes were frequent (24.7%), with similar rates in 191 patients with CAA and 125 with HTN-ICH (23% vs 27.2%, p = 0.4). Lobar lacunes were more commonly present in CAA (20.4% vs 5.7%, p < 0.001), while deep lacunes were more frequent in HTN-ICH (15.2% vs 2.1%, p < 0.001). After correction for demographics and clinical and neuroimaging markers of SVD, lobar lacunes were associated with CAA (p = 0.003) and deep lacunes with HTN-ICH (p < 0.001). Lobar lacunes in 80% of the cases were at least in contact with WMH, and after adjustment for age, they were highly correlated to WMH volume (r = 0.42, p < 0.001).Conclusions:Lobar lacunes are associated with CAA, whereas deep lacunes are more frequent in HTN-SVD. Lobar lacunes seem to have a close relationship with WMH, suggesting a possible common origin.


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