Traumatic Cerebral Microbleeds in the Subacute Phase Are Practical and Early Predictors of Abnormality of the Normal-Appearing White Matter in the Chronic Phase

Autor: A.W. van der Eerden, Bozena Goraj, Rashindra Manniesing, Priya Vart, Bram Platel, Vincent Perlbarg, Pieter E. Vos, L. Puybasset, T.L.A. van den Heuvel, Damien Galanaud
Přispěvatelé: Radiology & Nuclear Medicine
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
Předmět:
Adult
Male
Moderate to severe
Emergency Medical Services
medicine.medical_specialty
Subacute phase
Traumatic brain injury
Vascular damage Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 16]
Corpus callosum
Corpus Callosum
030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging
White matter
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Predictive Value of Tests
Internal medicine
Brain Injuries
Traumatic

Healthy volunteers
medicine
Humans
Radiology
Nuclear Medicine and imaging

Cerebral Hemorrhage
Retrospective Studies
business.industry
Adult Brain
Prognosis
medicine.disease
White Matter
Healthy Volunteers
Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Diffusion Tensor Imaging
medicine.anatomical_structure
Acute Disease
Chronic Disease
Cardiology
Female
Neurology (clinical)
Renal disorders Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 11]
Abnormality
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Rare cancers Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 9]
Zdroj: AJNR American Journal of Neuroradiology, 42, 861-867
American Journal of Neuroradiology, 42(5), 861-867. American Society of Neuroradiology
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol
AJNR American Journal of Neuroradiology, 42, 5, pp. 861-867
ISSN: 0195-6108
Popis: Contains fulltext : 235370.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: In the chronic phase after traumatic brain injury, DTI findings reflect WM integrity. DTI interpretation in the subacute phase is less straightforward. Microbleed evaluation with SWI is straightforward in both phases. We evaluated whether the microbleed concentration in the subacute phase is associated with the integrity of normal-appearing WM in the chronic phase. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Sixty of 211 consecutive patients 18 years of age or older admitted to our emergency department ≤24 hours after moderate to severe traumatic brain injury matched the selection criteria. Standardized 3T SWI, DTI, and T1WI were obtained 3 and 26 weeks after traumatic brain injury in 31 patients and 24 healthy volunteers. At baseline, microbleed concentrations were calculated. At follow-up, mean diffusivity (MD) was calculated in the normal-appearing WM in reference to the healthy volunteers (MD(z)). Through linear regression, we evaluated the relation between microbleed concentration and MD(z) in predefined structures. RESULTS: In the cerebral hemispheres, MD(z) at follow-up was independently associated with the microbleed concentration at baseline (left: B = 38.4 [95% CI 7.5-69.3], P = .017; right: B = 26.3 [95% CI 5.7-47.0], P = .014). No such relation was demonstrated in the central brain. MD(z) in the corpus callosum was independently associated with the microbleed concentration in the structures connected by WM tracts running through the corpus callosum (B = 20.0 [95% CI 24.8-75.2], P < .000). MD(z) in the central brain was independently associated with the microbleed concentration in the cerebral hemispheres (B = 25.7 [95% CI 3.9-47.5], P = .023). CONCLUSIONS: SWI-assessed microbleeds in the subacute phase are associated with DTI-based WM integrity in the chronic phase. These associations are found both within regions and between functionally connected regions.
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