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JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY
Volume 269, Issue 3, Pages 1427-1438Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-021-10706-3
Keywords
Non-traumatic convexity; convexal; cortical subarachnoid haemorrhage; Intracerebral haemorrhage; Ischemic stroke; Cerebral amyloid angiopathy; Stroke
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Funding
- Alzheimer Research UK
- Dunhill Medical Trust Foundation
- Stroke Foundation/British Heart Foundation
- Department of Health's National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centres funding scheme
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Patients with cSAH associated with probable or possible CAA have a high risk of future ICH and recurrent cSAH. Convexity SAH associated with probable CAA is linked to increased risk of ICH and cSAH, but not ischemic stroke.
Objective To investigate the frequency, time-course and predictors of intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH), recurrent convexity subarachnoid haemorrhage (cSAH), and ischemic stroke after cSAH associated with cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA). Methods We performed a systematic review and international individual patient-data pooled analysis in patients with cSAH associated with probable or possible CAA diagnosed on baseline MRI using the modified Boston criteria. We used Cox proportional hazards models with a frailty term to account for between-cohort differences. Results We included 190 patients (mean age 74.5 years; 45.3% female) from 13 centers with 385 patient-years of follow-up (median 1.4 years). The risks of each outcome (per patient-year) were: ICH 13.2% (95% CI 9.9-17.4); recurrent cSAH 11.1% (95% CI 7.9-15.2); combined ICH, cSAH, or both 21.4% (95% CI 16.7-26.9), ischemic stroke 5.1% (95% CI 3.1-8) and death 8.3% (95% CI 5.6-11.8). In multivariable models, there is evidence that patients with probable CAA (compared to possible CAA) had a higher risk of ICH (HR 8.45, 95% CI 1.13-75.5, p = 0.02) and cSAH (HR 3.66, 95% CI 0.84-15.9, p = 0.08) but not ischemic stroke (HR 0.56, 95% CI 0.17-1.82, p = 0.33) or mortality (HR 0.54, 95% CI 0.16-1.78, p = 0.31). Conclusions Patients with cSAH associated with probable or possible CAA have high risk of future ICH and recurrent cSAH. Convexity SAH associated with probable (vs possible) CAA is associated with increased risk of ICH, and cSAH but not ischemic stroke. Our data provide precise risk estimates for key vascular events after cSAH associated with CAA which can inform management decisions.
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