Validation of the focal cerebral arteriopathy severity score (FCASS) in a Swiss cohort: Correlation with infarct volume and outcome.

Slavova, Nedelina; Fullerton, Heather J; Hills, Nancy K; Breiding, Philipe S; Mackay, Mark T; Steinlin, Maja (2020). Validation of the focal cerebral arteriopathy severity score (FCASS) in a Swiss cohort: Correlation with infarct volume and outcome. European journal of paediatric neurology, 28, pp. 58-63. Elsevier 10.1016/j.ejpn.2020.07.015

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BACKGROUND

Focal cerebral arteriopathy (FCA), a major cause of childhood arterial ischemic stroke (AIS), can progress and lead to increased infarct size and/or recurrent stroke. Evaluating treatment options depends on the ability to quantify reliably the degree of stenosis in FCA.

AIMS

We validated the recently introduced FCA severity score (FCASS) in an independent cohort from the Swiss Neuro-Paediatric Stroke Registry (SNPSR).

MATERIALS AND METHODS

We included children with FCA who had MR or CT angiography and a Pediatric Stroke Outcome Measure (PSOM) at 6-months and 2-years post-stroke. A paediatric neuroradiologist applied the FCASS and the modified pediatric Alberta Stroke Program Early Computed Tomography Score (ASPECTS), a measure of infarct volume, to all available imaging. Two senior paediatric stroke neurologists and a neuroradiology fellow independently assigned FCASS scores to test interrater reliability. Pairwise correlations between FCASS, pedASPECTS, and PSOM were examined.

RESULTS

Thirty-two children [median (IQR) age = 5.9 (1.8, 9.6), 19 males] were included. The median maximum FCASS score at any time was 9 (IQR 6, 12; range 3, 16). Larger infarct volume scores correlated with both higher maximum FCASS scores and worse post-stroke outcomes, although we found no direct correlation between FCASS and outcomes. Stroke neurologists tended to assign lower FCASS scores than the neuroradiologist, but interrater reliability was predominantly good.

CONCLUSIONS

In this independent validation cohort, higher maximum FCASS correlated with greater infarct volume scores that also correlated with worse neurological outcomes. Scoring by non-imaging specialists seems to be valuable, although differences are present.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gynaecology, Paediatrics and Endocrinology (DFKE) > Clinic of Paediatric Medicine
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Radiology, Neuroradiology and Nuclear Medicine (DRNN) > Institute of Diagnostic, Interventional and Paediatric Radiology
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gynaecology, Paediatrics and Endocrinology (DFKE) > Clinic of Paediatric Medicine > Neuropaediatrics
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Radiology, Neuroradiology and Nuclear Medicine (DRNN) > Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology

UniBE Contributor:

Slavova, Nedelina Bozhidarova, Steinlin, Maja

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

1090-3798

Publisher:

Elsevier

Language:

English

Submitter:

Anette van Dorland

Date Deposited:

28 Aug 2020 12:37

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:40

Publisher DOI:

10.1016/j.ejpn.2020.07.015

PubMed ID:

32826156

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Brain ischemia Cerebrovascular disorders Child

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.146098

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/146098

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