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White matter hyperintensity lesion burden is associated with the infarct volume and 90-day outcome in small subcortical infarcts.

ABSTRACT: Small subcortical infarcts (SSI) frequently coexist with brain white matter hyperintensity (WMH) lesions. We sought to determine whether preexisting WMH burden relates to SSI volume, SSI etiology, and 90-day functional outcome.We retrospectively studied 80 consecutive patients with acute SSI. Infarct volume was determined on diffusion weighted imaging, and WMH burden was graded on fluid-attenuated inversion recovery sequences according to the Fazekas scale. SSI etiology was categorized as small vessel disease (SVD) vs non-SVD related. Multivariable linear and logistic regression models were constructed to determine whether WMH burden was independently associated with the SSI volume and a poor 90-day outcome (modified Rankin scale [mRS] score >2), respectively.In unadjusted analyses, patients with non-SVD-related SSI were older (P=.002) and more frequently had multiple infarcts (P<.001) than patients with SVD-related SSI. In the fully adjusted model, WMH severity (Coefficient 0.07; 95%-CI 0.029-0.117; P=.002) but not SSI etiology (P>.1) was independently associated with the SSI volume. On multivariable logistic regression, worse WMH (OR 2.28; 95%-CI 1.04-4.99; P=.040), SSI etiology (OR 9.20; 95%-CI 1.04-81.39; P=.046), preadmission mRS (OR 8.96; 95%-CI 2.65-30.27; P<.001), and SSI volume (OR 1.98; 95%-CI 1.14-3.44; P=.016) were associated with a poor 90-day outcome.Greater WMH burden is independently associated with a larger SSI volume and a worse 90-day outcome.

SUBMITTER: Helenius J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5332524 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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White matter hyperintensity lesion burden is associated with the infarct volume and 90-day outcome in small subcortical infarcts.

Helenius J J Mayasi Y Y Henninger N N

Acta neurologica Scandinavica 20160829 5

<h4>Objectives</h4>Small subcortical infarcts (SSI) frequently coexist with brain white matter hyperintensity (WMH) lesions. We sought to determine whether preexisting WMH burden relates to SSI volume, SSI etiology, and 90-day functional outcome.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>We retrospectively studied 80 consecutive patients with acute SSI. Infarct volume was determined on diffusion weighted imaging, and WMH burden was graded on fluid-attenuated inversion recovery sequences according to the Faze ...[more]

PMID: 27573379

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White matter hyperintensity lesion burden is associated with the infarct volume and 90-day outcome in small subcortical infarcts.

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White matter hyperintensity lesion burden is associated with the infarct volume and 90-day outcome in small subcortical infarcts.

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