医学
狭窄
冲程(发动机)
血管造影
病因学
栓塞性中风
放射科
计算机断层血管造影
心脏病学
内科学
钙化
前瞻性队列研究
缺血性中风
缺血
机械工程
工程类
作者
Johanna M. Ospel,Nishita Singh,Martha Marko,Mohammed Almekhlafi,Dar Dowlatshahi,Josep Puig,Andrew M. Demchuk,Shelagh B. Coutts,Michael D. Hill,Bijoy K. Menon,Mayank Goyal
出处
期刊:Stroke
[Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer)]
日期:2020-05-07
卷期号:51 (6): 1743-1749
被引量:51
标识
DOI:10.1161/strokeaha.120.029404
摘要
Background and Purpose— Embolic stroke of undetermined source (ESUS) constitutes a large proportion of acute ischemic stroke. It is crucial to identify possible stroke etiologies in this patient subgroup to individually tailor secondary stroke prevention strategies. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of carotid plaques causing <50% stenosis in ESUS patients on computed tomography angiography and the association of these plaques with ipsilateral strokes. Methods— Patients from INTERRSeCT—a multicenter prospective study of patients with acute ischemic stroke—were included in this study if their stroke etiology was not large artery atherosclerosis (>50% stenosis), and neck computed tomography angiography was obtained. Degree of stenosis (<30% versus 30%–50%), maximum plaque thickness, degree of plaque calcification (<50% versus ≥50%), plaque irregularity, ulceration, hypodensity, carotid web, and focal vessel outpouching were assessed for both carotid arteries on computed tomography angiography. Prevalence of carotid plaques with <50% stenosis (nonstenotic plaques), ipsilateral and contralateral to the stroke, in ESUS patients was determined and compared with non-ESUS patients. Features of these plaques with versus without ipsilateral stroke in ESUS patients were compared. Uni- and multivariable logistic regression was performed to determine associations between nonstenotic carotid plaque, plaque characteristics, and ipsilateral stroke in ESUS patients. Results— Four hundred forty-six patients were included in the study (median age, 73 years; 218 men), 138 of which were ESUS patients (median age, 70 years; 61 men). Nonstenotic carotid plaques (with <50% stenosis) were present in 54 of 138 (39.1%) ESUS patients. Twelve (8.7%) patients had bilateral carotid plaques. Forty (60.6%) of these plaques were ipsilateral and 26 (39.4%) contralateral to the side of the stroke ( P =0.004). Nonstenotic carotid plaques were significantly associated with ipsilateral strokes (adjusted odds ratio, 1.83 [95% CI, 1.05–3.18]). Conclusions— In patients with ESUS, nonstenotic carotid plaques were significantly more common on the side of the ischemic stroke, suggesting that these plaques could be a potential stroke etiology in patients in whom the ischemic stroke is classified currently as ESUS.
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