Post-intervention TCD examination may be useful to predict outcome in acute ischemic stroke patients with successful intra-arterial intervention.

Autor: Aoki J; Cerebrovascular Center, Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA. Electronic address: aojyun@med.kawasaki-m.ac.jp., Raber LN, Katzan IL, Hussain MS, Hui FK, Uchino K
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of the neurological sciences [J Neurol Sci] 2013 Nov 15; Vol. 334 (1-2), pp. 26-9. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 Aug 13.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2013.07.011
Abstrakt: Background and Purpose: Some acute stoke patients have a poor outcome despite successful arterial recanalization. We hypothesized that transcranial Doppler (TCD) findings from the rescued artery might predict poor outcome in patients with recanalization.
Methods: Acute stroke patients treated with internal carotid artery or middle cerebral artery (MCA) occlusions with follow-up TCD examination after intra-arterial (IA) intervention were retrospectively analyzed. Only patients with at least a Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) flow grade ≥ 2 in the MCA territory were included. Mean flow velocity (MFV) and pulsatility index (PI) of the rescued MCA were obtained by TCD. Poor clinical outcome was defined as in-hospital death or decompressive craniectomy.
Results: Among 50 patients, there were 8 (16%) in the Poor Outcome group and 42 (84%) in the Non-poor Outcome group. TCD was conducted at a median of 1 day (interquartile range, 1-1) after IA therapy. Although MCA MFV was not different between the two groups, MCA PI was significantly higher in the Poor Outcome group than in the Non-poor Outcome group (1.3 [1.1-1.7] vs. 0.8 [0.7-1.1], p = 0.002). After adjusting for the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score on admission, the Alberta Stroke Programme Early Computed Tomography score, a past history of coronary artery disease and the Thrombolysis In Brain Ischemia grade, MCA PI was an independent predictor of poor outcome (odds ratio: 1.71, 95% confidence interval: 1.10-2.66, p = 0.017).
Conclusion: Follow-up TCD examination after IA intervention in acute stroke patients may predict poor outcome beyond angiographic residual TIMI flow.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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