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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Refining the perfusion-diffusion mismatch hypothesis |
Author: | Butcher, K. Parsons, M. MacGregor, L. Barber, P. Chalk, J. Bladin, C. Levi, C. Kimber, T. Schultz, D. Fink, J. Tress, B. Donnan, G. Davis, S. |
Citation: | Stroke, 2005; 36(6):1153-1159 |
Publisher: | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |
Issue Date: | 2005 |
ISSN: | 0039-2499 1524-4628 |
Statement of Responsibility: | K.S. Butcher, M. Parsons, L. MacGregor, P.A. Barber, J. Chalk, C. Bladin, C. Levi, T. Kimber, D. Schultz, J. Fink, B. Tress, G. Donnan, S. Davis, for the EPITHET Investigators |
Abstract: | <h4>Background and purpose</h4>The Echoplanar Imaging Thrombolysis Evaluation Trial (EPITHET) tests the hypothesis that perfusion-weighted imaging (PWI)-diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) mismatch predicts the response to thrombolysis. There is no accepted standardized definition of PWI-DWI mismatch. We compared common mismatch definitions in the initial 40 EPITHET patients.<h4>Methods</h4>Raw perfusion images were used to generate maps of time to peak (TTP), mean transit time (MTT), time to peak of the impulse response (Tmax) and first moment transit time (FMT). DWI, apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC), and PWI volumes were measured with planimetric and thresholding techniques. Correlations between mismatch volume (PWIvol-DWIvol) and DWI expansion (T2(Day 90-vol)-DWI(Acute-vol)) were also assessed.<h4>Results</h4>Mean age was 68+/-11, time to MRI 4.5+/-0.7 hours, and median National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score 11 (range 4 to 23). Tmax and MTT hypoperfusion volumes were significantly lower than those calculated with TTP and FMT maps (P<0.001). Mismatch > or =20% was observed in 89% (Tmax) to 92% (TTP/FMT/MTT) of patients. Application of a +4s (relative to the contralateral hemisphere) PWI threshold reduced the frequency of positive mismatch volumes (TTP 73%/FMT 68%/Tmax 54%/MTT 43%). Mismatch was not significantly different when assessed with ADC maps. Mismatch volume, calculated with all parameters and thresholds, was not significantly correlated with DWI expansion. In contrast, reperfusion was correlated inversely with infarct growth (R=-0.51; P=0.009).<h4>Conclusions</h4>Deconvolution and application of PWI thresholds provide more conservative estimates of tissue at risk and decrease the frequency of mismatch accordingly. The precise definition may not be critical; however, because reperfusion alters tissue fate irrespective of mismatch. |
Keywords: | EPITHET Investigators Cerebral Arteries Humans Brain Ischemia Cerebral Infarction Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging Echo-Planar Imaging Magnetic Resonance Angiography Treatment Outcome Thrombolytic Therapy Perfusion Diffusion Cerebrovascular Circulation Time Factors Image Processing, Computer-Assisted Aged Middle Aged Stroke |
DOI: | 10.1161/01.STR.0000166181.86928.8b |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/01.str.0000166181.86928.8b |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 2 Medicine publications |
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