Journal
STROKE
Volume 51, Issue 10, Pages 3124-3128Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.120.030653
Keywords
magnetic resonance imaging; moyamoya disease; natural history; risk factors; stroke
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- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology [17H04301, 19K09473]
- Mitsui Life Social Welfare Foundation
- MSD Life Science Foundation (Public Interest Incorporated Foundation)
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Background and Purpose: Few previous studies have comprehensively explored the relationship between the onset pattern of adult moyamoya disease and risk factors for stroke. We performed a retrospective analysis focusing on risk factors for stroke and related findings on magnetic resonance imaging/angiography with respect to the pattern of disease onset. We also examined whether risk factors for stroke were associated with an increased risk for symptomization in asymptomatic patients. Methods: A total of 178 adult patients with moyamoya disease (asymptomatic, n=84; ischemic, n=71; hemorrhagic, n=23) at the University of Tokyo Hospital from 2000 to 2018 were included in this study. Data pertaining to patient background and magnetic resonance imaging findings were analyzed retrospectively. In the asymptomatic group, the effects of stroke-associated risk factors on symptom onset were analyzed. Results: Comparisons among the 3 groups revealed no significant difference in the frequency of risk factors for stroke. The proportion of patients with magnetic resonance imaging/angiography findings indicating anterior choroidal artery anastomosis or microbleeds was significantly higher in the hemorrhagic group than in the asymptomatic or ischemic group. Among asymptomatic patients, the hazard ratios for symptomization with hypertension and dyslipidemia were 6.69 ([95% CI, 1.23-36.4]P=0.028) and 8.14 ([95% CI, 1.46-45.2]P=0.017), respectively. Conclusions: The development of anterior choroidal artery anastomosis and microbleeds on magnetic resonance imaging/angiography was significantly associated with hemorrhagic onset. Hypertension and dyslipidemia may increase the risk of cerebrovascular events in asymptomatic patients, and thus, early intervention to these factors may be important.
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