Clinical Associations and Prognostic Value of MRI-Visible Perivascular Spaces in Patients With Ischemic Stroke or TIA.

Best, Jonathan G; Ambler, Gareth; Wilson, Duncan; Du, Houwei; Lee, Keon-Joo; Lim, Jae-Sung; Teo, Kay Cheong; Mak, Henry; Kim, Young Dae; Song, Tae-Jin; Selcuk Demirelli, Derya; Nishihara, Masashi; Yoshikawa, Masaaki; Kubacka, Marta; Zietz, Annaelle; Al-Shahi Salman, Rustam; Jäger, Hans Rolf; Lip, Gregory Y H; Panos, Leonidas; Goeldlin, Martina B; ... (2024). Clinical Associations and Prognostic Value of MRI-Visible Perivascular Spaces in Patients With Ischemic Stroke or TIA. Neurology, 102(1), e207795. 10.1212/WNL.0000000000207795

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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES

Visible perivascular spaces are an MRI marker of cerebral small vessel disease and might predict future stroke. However, results from existing studies vary. We aimed to clarify this through a large collaborative multicenter analysis.

METHODS

We pooled individual patient data from a consortium of prospective cohort studies. Participants had recent ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA), underwent baseline MRI, and were followed up for ischemic stroke and symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage (ICH). Perivascular spaces in the basal ganglia (BGPVS) and perivascular spaces in the centrum semiovale (CSOPVS) were rated locally using a validated visual scale. We investigated clinical and radiologic associations cross-sectionally using multinomial logistic regression and prospective associations with ischemic stroke and ICH using Cox regression.

RESULTS

We included 7,778 participants (mean age 70.6 years; 42.7% female) from 16 studies, followed up for a median of 1.44 years. Eighty ICH and 424 ischemic strokes occurred. BGPVS were associated with increasing age, hypertension, previous ischemic stroke, previous ICH, lacunes, cerebral microbleeds, and white matter hyperintensities. CSOPVS showed consistently weaker associations. Prospectively, after adjusting for potential confounders including cerebral microbleeds, increasing BGPVS burden was independently associated with future ischemic stroke (versus 0-10 BGPVS, 11-20 BGPVS: HR 1.19, 95% CI 0.93-1.53; 21+ BGPVS: HR 1.50, 95% CI 1.10-2.06; p = 0.040). Higher BGPVS burden was associated with increased ICH risk in univariable analysis, but not in adjusted analyses. CSOPVS were not significantly associated with either outcome.

DISCUSSION

In patients with ischemic stroke or TIA, increasing BGPVS burden is associated with more severe cerebral small vessel disease and higher ischemic stroke risk. Neither BGPVS nor CSOPVS were independently associated with future ICH.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Head Organs and Neurology (DKNS) > Clinic of Neurology

UniBE Contributor:

Panos, Leonidas, Göldlin, Martina Béatrice, Jung, Simon

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

1526-632X

Language:

English

Submitter:

Pubmed Import

Date Deposited:

03 Jan 2024 14:09

Last Modified:

14 Jan 2024 02:43

Publisher DOI:

10.1212/WNL.0000000000207795

PubMed ID:

38165371

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/191058

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