Secondary infarction in single or in multiple vascular territories: two different entities following subarachnoid hemorrhage?

Autor: de Rooij NK; Utrecht Stroke Center, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands. n.k.derooij@umcutrecht.nl, Frijns CJ, Velthuis BK, Rinkel GJ
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of neurology [J Neurol] 2011 Dec; Vol. 258 (12), pp. 2133-9. Date of Electronic Publication: 2011 May 07.
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-011-6070-5
Abstrakt: The pathogenesis of secondary infarctions (SI) after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is poorly understood. To assess whether SI in single (SSI) or multiple (MSI) vascular territories represent different disease entities, we compared clinical profiles of patients with these patterns of SI. CT/MRI-examinations of 448 patients were reviewed for new infarctions within 28 days after SAH, and categorized into SSI or MSI. Only patients with adequate follow-up imaging excluding any new infarctions were included for analysis (269 patients). Procedure-related infarctions were excluded. Odds ratios (ORs) with corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated for patients with SSI or MSI versus patients without SI to analyze differences in demographic characteristics, vascular risk factors, disease-related characteristics and treatment modalities. Thirty-six patients had SSI, 53 MSI and 180 no SI. ORs in MSI-patients were >1.5 times higher compared with ORs in SSI-patients for multiple vascular risk factors [MSI:5.4 (2.3-13) versus SSI:1.2 (0.5-2.8)], poor clinical condition on admission [MSI:4.6 (2.4-8.9) versus SSI:2.4 (1.1-5.2)], initial loss of consciousness [MSI:2.6 (1.3-5.3) versus SSI:1.1 (0.5-2.3)] and large amounts of intraventricular blood [MSI:2.9 (1.4-5.8) versus SSI:1.5 (0.7-3.2)]. In multivariate analysis ORs remained higher in MSI for presence of multiple vascular risk factors [MSI:1.9 (1.2-2.9) versus SSI:1.1 (0.8-1.7)] and initial loss of consciousness [MSI:3.0 (1.0-8.9) versus SSI:1.6 (0.6-4.0)]. Our findings suggest that SSI and MSI after SAH are not distinct disease entities. MSI was related to the same characteristics as SSI but to a larger extent, specifically to the presence of multiple vascular risk factors, initial loss of consciousness, larger amounts of intraventricular blood, and poor clinical status on admission.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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