Waddle S, Garza M, Davis LT, Chitale R, Fusco M, Lee C, Patel NJ, Kang H, Jordan LC, Donahue MJ. Presurgical Magnetic Resonance Imaging Indicators of Revascularization Response in Adults With Moyamoya Vasculopathy.
J Magn Reson Imaging 2022;
56:983-994. [PMID:
35289460 PMCID:
PMC9481650 DOI:
10.1002/jmri.28156]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2021] [Revised: 02/13/2022] [Accepted: 03/02/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND
Moyamoya is a progressive intracranial vasculopathy, primarily affecting distal segments of the internal carotid and middle cerebral arteries. Treatment may comprise angiogenesis-inducing surgical revascularization; however, lack of randomized trials often results in subjective treatment decisions.
HYPOTHESIS
Compensatory presurgical posterior vertebrobasilar artery (VBA) flow-territory reactivity, including greater cerebrovascular reactivity (CVR) and reduced vascular delay time, portends greater neoangiogenic response verified on digital subtraction angiography (DSA) at 1-year follow-up.
STUDY TYPE
Prospective intervention cohort.
SUBJECTS
Thirty-one patients with moyamoya (26 females; age = 45 ± 13 years; 41 revascularized hemispheres).
METHODS
Anatomical MRI, hypercapnic CVR MRI, and DSA acquired presurgically in adult moyamoya participants scheduled for clinically indicated surgical revascularization. One-year postsurgery, DSA was repeated to evaluate collateralization.
FIELD STRENGTH
3 T.
SEQUENCE
Hypercapnic T 2 * -weighted gradient-echo blood-oxygenation-level-dependent, T2 -weighted turbo-spin-echo fluid-attenuated-inversion-recovery, T1 -weighted magnetization-prepared-rapid-gradient-echo, and T2 -weighted diffusion-weighted-imaging.
ASSESSMENT
Presurgical maximum CVR and response times were evaluated in VBA flow-territories. Revascularization success was determined using an ordinal scoring system of neoangiogenic collateralization from postsurgical DSA by two cerebrovascular neurosurgeons (R.V.C. with 8 years of experience; M.R.F. with 9 years of experience) and one neuroradiologist (L.T.D. with 8 years of experience). Stroke risk factors (age, sex, race, vasculopathy, and diabetes) were recorded.
STATISTICAL TESTS
Fisher's exact and Wilcoxon rank-sum tests were applied to compare presurgical variables between cohorts with angiographically confirmed good (>1/3 middle cerebral artery [MCA] territory revascularized) vs. poor (<1/3 MCA territory revascularized) outcomes.
SIGNIFICANCE
two-sided P < 0.05. Normalized odds ratios (ORs) were calculated.
RESULTS
Criteria for good collateralization were met in 25 of the 41 revascularized hemispheres. Presurgical normalized VBA flow-territory CVR was significantly higher in those with good (1.12 ± 0.13 unitless) vs. poor (1.04 ± 0.05 unitless) outcomes. Younger (OR = -0.60 ± 0.67) and White (OR = -1.81 ± 1.40) participants had highest revascularization success (good outcomes: age = 42 ± 14 years, race = 84% White; poor outcomes: age = 49 ± 11 years, race = 44% White).
DATA CONCLUSION
Presurgical MRI-measures of VBA flow-territory CVR are highest in moyamoya participants with better angiographic responses to surgical revascularization.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE
1 TECHNICAL EFFICACY STAGE: 4.
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