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Clinically-relevant reperfusion in acute ischemic stroke MTT performs better than Tmax and TTP #MMPMID24500786
Ford AL; An H; Kong L; Zhu H; Vo KD; Powers WJ; Lin W; Lee JM
Transl Stroke Res 2014[Jun]; 5 (3): 415-21 PMID24500786show ga
Background: While several MRI parameters are used to assess tissue perfusion during hyperacute stroke, it is unclear which is optimal for measuring clinically-relevant reperfusion. We directly compared MTT prolongation (MTTp), TTP, and time-to-maximum (Tmax) to determine which best predicted neurological improvement and tissue salvage following early reperfusion. Methods: Acute ischemic stroke patients underwent three MRI's: <4.5hr (tp1), at 6hr (tp2), and at 1 month after onset. Perfusion deficits at tp1 and tp2 were defined by MTTp, TTP, or Tmax beyond four commonly-used thresholds. Percent reperfusion (%Reperf) was calculated for each parameter and threshold. Regression analysis was used to fit %Reperf for each parameter and threshold as a predictor of neurological improvement [defined as admission National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) ? 1 month NIHSS (?NIHSS)] after adjusting for baseline clinical variables. Volume of reperfusion, for each parameter and threshold, was correlated with tissue salvage, defined as tp1 perfusion deficit volume ? final infarct volume. Results: 50 patients were scanned at 2.7 hours and 6.2 hours after stroke onset. %Reperf predicted ?NIHSS for all MTTp thresholds, for Tmax > 6s and > 8s, but for no TTP thresholds. Tissue salvage significantly correlated with reperfusion for all MTTp thresholds and with Tmax > 6s, while there was no correlation with any TTP threshold. Among all parameters, reperfusion defined by MTTp was most strongly associated with ?NIHSS (MTTp>3s, p=0.0002) and tissue salvage (MTTp> 3s and 4s, P<0.0001). Conclusion: MTT-defined reperfusion was the best predictor of neurological improvement and tissue salvage in hyperacute ischemic stroke.