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Increased Ipsilateral Posterior Cerebral Artery P2-Segment Flow Velocity Predicts Hemodynamic Impairment

Journal

STROKE
Volume 52, Issue 4, Pages 1469-1472

Publisher

LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.120.032848

Keywords

brain; carotid artery; internal; follow-up; hemodynamics; osterior cerebral artery

Funding

  1. Clinical Research Priority Program of the University of Zurich (UZH CRPP Stroke)
  2. Swiss National Science Foundation [PP00P3_170683]
  3. Zurich University [FK16-040]
  4. Swiss Cancer League [KFS-3975-082016-R]
  5. Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [PP00P3_170683] Funding Source: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)

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The study demonstrated that increased ipsilateral transcranial doppler PCA-P2 systolic flow velocity independently correlates with BOLD-CVR based hemodynamic failure in patients with symptomatic unilateral steno-occlusive disease. A cutoff value of 85 cm/second appears to indicate hemodynamic failure stage 2.
Background and Purpose: Increased Transcranial Doppler flow velocity in the ipsilateral P2-segment of the posterior cerebral artery (PCA-P2: cm/second) is associated with recurrent cerebrovascular events in patients with unilateral internal carotid artery occlusion. However, its predictive value and correlation with hemodynamic impairment in an overall stroke patient cohort remains to be determined. Methods: Transcranial doppler PCA-P2 flow velocity was measured in 88 patients with symptomatic unilateral steno-occlusive disease who also underwent blood oxygenation-level dependent cerebrovascular reactivity imaging (blood oxygenation-level dependent [BOLD]-cerebrovascular reactivity [CVR]). A multivariate linear regression was used to evaluate the independent correlation between the ipsilateral PCA-P2 flow velocity measurements and hemispheric BOLD-CVR. Follow-up BOLD-CVR imaging data, available in 25 patients, were used to evaluate the temporal evolution of the BOLD-CVR and PCA-P2 flow velocity association using a mixed-effect model. Furthermore, a transcranial doppler cutoff for hemodynamic failure stage 2 was determined. Results: The ipsilateral systolic PCA-P2 flow velocity strongly correlated with hemispheric BOLD-CVR (R=0.79; R-2=0.61), which remained unchanged when evaluating the follow-up data. Using a PCA-P2 systolic flow velocity cutoff value of 85 cm/second, patients with BOLD-CVR based hemodynamic failure stage 2 were diagnosed with an area under the curve of 95. Conclusions: In patients with symptomatic unilateral steno-occlusive disease, increased ipsilateral transcranial doppler PCA-P2 systolic flow velocity independently correlates with BOLD-CVR based hemodynamic failure. A cutoff value of 85 cm/second appears to indicate hemodynamic failure stage 2, but this finding needs to be validated in an independent patient cohort.

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