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Pettersson SD, Skrzypkowska P, Pietrzak K, Och A, Siedlecki K, Czapla-Iskrzycka A, Klepinowski T, Fodor T, Filo J, Meyer-Szary J, Fercho J, Sunesson F, Olofsson HKL, Ali S, Szmuda T, Miekisiak G. Evaluation of PHASES Score for Predicting Rupture of Intracranial Aneurysms: Significance of Aneurysm Size. World Neurosurg 2024; 184:e178-e184. [PMID: 38246529 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2024.01.077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2023] [Revised: 01/12/2024] [Accepted: 01/13/2024] [Indexed: 01/23/2024]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Recent data have identified that certain risk factors for rupture differ between small and larger intracranial aneurysms (IAs). Such differing risk factors make up 5 out of the 6 predictor variables used in the PHASES score, which raises the question on whether IA size has a significant effect on the score's performance. METHODS Patients who were diagnosed with an IA incidentally or due to a subarachnoid hemorrhage between 2015 and 2023 were selected for potential inclusion. The median IA size of the cohort was chosen as the cutoff point to categorize small and large (6 mm). The PHASES score was calculated for all patients, and a receiver operating characteristic curve analysis was performed to evaluate the classification accuracy of PHASES in predicting rupture for small and large IAs. RESULTS A total of 677 IAs were included. Among the IAs, 400 (58.9%) presented as UIAs and 279 (41.0%) as subarachnoid hemorrhage. The average PHASES score was 2.9 and 6.5 for small (n = 322) and large (n = 355) IAs, respectively. The PHASES score performed significantly lower for predicting rupture in smaller IAs (area under the curve: 0.634) compared with the larger (area under the curve: 0.741) (P = 0.00083). CONCLUSIONS PHASES was shown to underperform on small IAs. The decision to treat small unruptured IAs remains highly controversial, and the development of a new score to estimate the annual rupture rate while accounting for IA morphology is of great need. Our findings can help encourage future researchers to develop such a score.
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- Samuel D Pettersson
- Department of Neurosurgery, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland; Neurosurgical Service, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Pomeranian Medical University Hospital No. 1, Szczeci, Poland
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- Neurosurgical Service, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Neurosurgical Service, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Neurology Department, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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Zhu S, Xu X, Zou R, Lu Z, Yan Y, Li S, Wu Y, Cai J, Li L, Xiang J, Huang Q. Nomograms for assessing the rupture risk of anterior choroid artery aneurysms based on clinical, morphological, and hemodynamic features. Front Neurol 2024; 15:1304270. [PMID: 38390597 PMCID: PMC10882079 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2024.1304270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2023] [Accepted: 01/17/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024] Open
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Background and purpose A notable prevalence of subarachnoid hemorrhage is evident among patients with anterior choroidal artery aneurysms in clinical practice. To evaluate the risk of rupture in unruptured anterior choroidal artery aneurysms, we conducted a comprehensive analysis of risk factors and subsequently developed two nomograms. Methods A total of 120 cases of anterior choroidal artery aneurysms (66 unruptured and 54 ruptured) from 4 medical institutions were assessed utilizing computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and digital subtraction angiography (DSA). The training set, consisting of 98 aneurysms from 3 hospitals, was established, with an additional 22 cases from the fourth hospital forming the external validation set. Statistical differences between the two data sets were thoroughly compared. The significance of 9 clinical baseline characteristics, 11 aneurysm morphology parameters, and 4 hemodynamic parameters concerning aneurysm rupture was evaluated within the training set. Candidate selection for constructing the nomogram models involved regression analysis and variance inflation factors. Discrimination, calibration, and clinical utility of the models in both training and validation sets were assessed using area under curves (AUC), calibration plots, and decision curve analysis (DCA). The DeLong test, net reclassification index (NRI), and integrated discrimination improvement (IDI) were employed to compare the effectiveness of classification across models. Results Two nomogram models were ultimately constructed: model 1, incorporating clinical, morphological, and hemodynamic parameters (C + M + H), and model 2, relying primarily on clinical and morphological parameters (C + M). Multivariate analysis identified smoking, size ratio (SR), normalized wall shear stress (NWSS), and average oscillatory shear index (OSIave) as optimal candidates for model development. In the training set, model 1 (C + M + H) achieved an AUC of 0.795 (95% CI: 0.706 ~ 0.884), demonstrating a sensitivity of 95.6% and a specificity of 54.7%. Model 2 (C + M) had an AUC of 0.706 (95% CI: 0.604 ~ 0.808), with corresponding sensitivity and specificity of 82.4 and 50.3%, respectively. Similarly, AUCs for models 1 and 2 in the external validation set were calculated to be 0.709 and 0.674, respectively. Calibration plots illustrated a consistent correlation between model evaluations and real-world observations in both sets. DCA demonstrated that the model incorporating hemodynamic parameters offered higher clinical benefits. In the training set, NRI (0.224, p = 0.007), IDI (0.585, p = 0.002), and DeLong test (change = 0.089, p = 0.008) were all significant. In the external validation set, NRI, IDI, and DeLong test statistics were 0.624 (p = 0.063), 0.572 (p = 0.044), and 0.035 (p = 0.047), respectively. Conclusion Multidimensional nomograms have the potential to enhance risk assessment and patient-specific treatment of anterior choroidal artery aneurysms. Validated by an external cohort, the model incorporating clinical, morphological, and hemodynamic features may provide improved classification of rupture states.
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- Shijie Zhu
- Department of Neurovascular Center, Changhai Hospital, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurovascular Center, Changhai Hospital, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- ArteryFlow Technology Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Neurovascular Center, Changhai Hospital, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, 971 Hospital of People's Liberation Army (PLA), Qingdao, China
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- Department of Neurovascular Center, Changhai Hospital, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurovascular Center, Changhai Hospital, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Linyi People's Hospital, Linyi, China
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- Cerebrovascular Department of Interventional Center, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, China
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- ArteryFlow Technology Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Neurovascular Center, Changhai Hospital, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China
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Pettersson SD, Salih M, Young M, Shutran M, Taussky P, Ogilvy CS. Predictors for Rupture of Small (<7mm) Intracranial Aneurysms: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. World Neurosurg 2024; 182:184-192.e14. [PMID: 38042294 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2023.11.126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2023] [Revised: 11/24/2023] [Accepted: 11/25/2023] [Indexed: 12/04/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Identifying predictors for rupture of small intracranial aneurysms (sIAs) have become a growing topic in the literature given the relative paucity of data on their natural history. The authors performed a meta-analysis to identify reliable predictors. METHODS PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science were used to systematically extract references which involved at least 10 IAs <7mm which including a control group experiencing no rupture. All potential predictors reported in the literature were evaluated in the meta-analysis. RESULTS Fifteen studies yielding 4,739 sIAs were included in the meta-analysis. Four studies were prospective and 11 were retrospective. Univariate analysis identified 7 predictors which contradicted or are absent in the current scoring systems, while allowing to perform subgroup analysis for further reliability: patient age (MD -1.97, 95%CI -3.47-0.48; P = 0.01), the size ratio (MD 0.40, 95%CI 0.26-0.53; P < 0.00001), the aspect ratio (MD 0.16, 95%CI 0.11-0.22; P < 0.00001), bifurcation point (OR 3.76, 95%CI 2.41-5.85; P < 0.00001), irregularity (OR 2.95, 95%CI 1.91-4.55; P < 0.00001), the pressure loss coefficient (MD -0.32, 95%CI -0.52-0.11; P = 0.002), wall sheer stress (Pa) (MD -0.16, 95%CI -0.28-0.03; P = 0.01). All morphology related predictors listed above have been confirmed as independent predictors via multivariable analysis among the individual studies. CONCLUSIONS Morphology related predictors are superior to the classic patient demographic predictors present in most scoring systems. Given that morphology predictors take time to measure, our findings may be of great interest to developers seeking to incorporate artificial intelligence into the treatment decision-making process.
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- Samuel D Pettersson
- Neurosurgical Service, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Neurosurgical Service, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Neurosurgical Service, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Neurosurgical Service, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Neurosurgical Service, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Neurosurgical Service, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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Zhang Y, Bai J, Kang F, Li W, Xiao Z, Ma Y, Chai E. A nomogram to predict the risk of bleeding after discharge from stent-assisted ruptured aneurysm embolization in a Chinese population. Neurosurg Rev 2023; 46:42. [PMID: 36707467 DOI: 10.1007/s10143-023-01952-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2022] [Revised: 12/03/2022] [Accepted: 01/23/2023] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The occurrence of bleeding events after stent-assisted embolization of a ruptured artery requiring continuous double antiplatelet therapy may seriously affect the prognosis of this group of patients. A nomogram can provide a personalized, more accurate risk estimate based on predictors. We, therefore, developed a nomogram to predict the probability of bleeding events in patients with stent-assisted ruptured aneurysm embolization. We performed a single-center retrospective analysis of data collected from patients undergoing stent-assisted ruptured aneurysm embolization between January 2018 and December 2021. Forward stepwise logistic regression was performed to identify independent predictors of adverse events of bleeding after stent-assisted embolization and to establish nomograms. Discrimination and calibration of this model were performed using the area under the ROC curve (AUC-ROC) and the calibration plot. The model is internally validated by using resampling (1000 replicates). A total of 131 patients were identified, and a total of 118 patients met the study criteria. The predictors included in the nomogram were body mass index (BMI), AAi, and MA-ADP. The model showed good resolving power with a ROC area of 0.893 (95% CI: 0.834 ~ 0.952) for this model with good calibration. The nomogram can be used to individualize, visualize, and accurately predict the risk probability of bleeding events after stent-assisted embolization of ruptured aneurysms.
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- Yichuan Zhang
- School of Clinical Medicine, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, Ningxia, China
- Key Laboratory of Cerebrovascular Diseases in Gansu Province, Gansu Provincial Hospital, Lanzhou, China
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- School of Clinical Medicine, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, Ningxia, China
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- School of Clinical Medicine, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, Ningxia, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cerebrovascular Diseases in Gansu Province, Gansu Provincial Hospital, Lanzhou, China
- The First Clinical Medical College of Gansu, University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cerebrovascular Diseases in Gansu Province, Gansu Provincial Hospital, Lanzhou, China
- The First Clinical Medical College of Gansu, University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, China
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- School of Clinical Medicine, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, Ningxia, China
- Key Laboratory of Cerebrovascular Diseases in Gansu Province, Gansu Provincial Hospital, Lanzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cerebrovascular Diseases in Gansu Province, Gansu Provincial Hospital, Lanzhou, China.
- Cerebrovascular Disease Center, Gansu Provincial Hospital, No. 24 Donggang East Road, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730000, China.
- Emergency General Hospital, Beijing, China.
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Li J, Xie X, Zhang J, Shen P, Zhang Y, Chen C, Si Y, Zou J. Novel Bedside Dynamic Nomograms to Predict the Probability of Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction in Elderly Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery: A Retrospective Study. Clin Interv Aging 2022; 17:1331-1342. [PMID: 36072308 PMCID: PMC9443815 DOI: 10.2147/cia.s380234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2022] [Accepted: 08/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Purpose Early and accurate prediction of elderly patients at high risk of postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) after non-cardiac surgery will provide favorable evidence for rational perioperative management and long-term postoperative recovery. This study aimed to develop bedside dynamic nomograms to provide accurately an individualized prediction of the risk of POCD at 6-month postoperatively with patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery and to guide clinical decision-making and postoperative management. Patients and Methods We retrospectively collected patients undergoing surgical treatment at the Nanjing First Hospital between May 2020 and May 2021. We collected the data on preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative variables. Clinical and laboratory data on admission and intraoperative variables and postoperative variables were used. We measured the performances of the nomograms using sensitivity, specificity of the receiver operating characteristic (ROC), the area under the ROC curves (AUC), the 10-fold cross-validation, and decision curve analysis (DCA). Results POCD was observed in 23 of 415 patients (5.6%) at 6-month postoperatively. The preoperative and postoperative models obtained 91.6% and 94.0% accuracy rates on the data. Compared to the preoperative model, the postoperative model had an area under the receiver characteristic curve (AUC) of 0.973 vs 0.947, corresponding to a specificity of 0.941 vs 0.918 and a sensitivity of 0.913 vs 0.870. The overall performance of the postoperative model was better than the preoperative model. Conclusion In this study, we developed novel bedside dynamic nomograms with reasonable clinical utility that can provide individualized prediction of POCD risk at 6-month postoperatively in elderly patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery at different time points based on patient admission and postoperative data. External validations are needed to ensure their value in predicting POCD in elderly patients.
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- Junlin Li
- School of Basic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Basic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China
- Department of Anesthesiology, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China
- Department of Anesthesiology, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China
- Department of Pharmacy, Nanjing First Hospital, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China
- Correspondence: Yanna Si; Jianjun Zou, Department of Anesthesiology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China; Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86 13851639332; +86 15380998951, Email ;
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China
- Department of Pharmacy, Nanjing First Hospital, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China
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Zhou J, Xia N, Li Q, Zheng K, Jia X, Wang H, Zhao B, Liu J, Yang Y, Chen Y. Predicting the rupture status of small middle cerebral artery aneurysms using random forest modeling. Front Neurol 2022; 13:921404. [PMID: 35968311 PMCID: PMC9366079 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2022.921404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2022] [Accepted: 07/05/2022] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Objective Small intracranial aneurysms are increasingly being detected; however, a prediction model for their rupture is rare. Random forest modeling was used to predict the rupture status of small middle cerebral artery (MCA) aneurysms with morphological features. Methods From January 2009 to June 2020, we retrospectively reviewed patients with small MCA aneurysms (<7 mm). The aneurysms were randomly split into training (70%) and internal validation (30%) cohorts. Additional independent datasets were used for the external validation of 78 small MCA aneurysms from another four hospitals. Aneurysm morphology was determined using computed tomography angiography (CTA). Prediction models were developed using the random forest and multivariate logistic regression. Results A total of 426 consecutive patients with 454 small MCA aneurysms (<7 mm) were included. A multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that size ratio (SR), aspect ratio (AR), and daughter dome were associated with aneurysm rupture, whereas aneurysm angle and multiplicity were inversely associated with aneurysm rupture. The areas under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves (AUCs) of random forest models using the five independent risk factors in the training, internal validation, and external validation cohorts were 0.922, 0.889, and 0.92, respectively. The random forest model outperformed the logistic regression model (p = 0.048). A nomogram was developed to assess the rupture of small MCA aneurysms. Conclusion Random forest modeling is a good tool for evaluating the rupture status of small MCA aneurysms and may be considered for the management of small aneurysms.
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- Jiafeng Zhou
- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
- Department of Radiology, Wenzhou Central Hospital, Wenzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Renji Hospital Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
- *Correspondence: Yunjun Yang
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
- Yongchun Chen
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Lou H, Nie K, Yang J, Zhang T, Wang J, Fan W, Gu C, Yan M, Chen T, Zhang T, Min J, Zhan R, Pan J. Nomogram-Based Risk Model of Small (≤5 mm) Intracranial Aneurysm Rupture in an Eastern Asian Study. Front Aging Neurosci 2022; 14:872315. [PMID: 35645777 PMCID: PMC9132250 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2022.872315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2022] [Accepted: 03/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background and PurposeRisk stratification of small unruptured intracranial aneurysms (IAs) (< =5 mm) is important for clinical decision-making and management. The aim of this study was to develop an individualized rupture risk model for small IAs in an eastern Asian population.MethodsThis study retrospectively enrolled 343 patients with ruptured (n = 96) and unruptured (n = 285) small IAs. Clinical data and aneurysmal morphology were taken into consideration, regression analysis was performed to identify significant variables, and these variables were then incorporated into a predictive nomogram. The diagnostic performance of the nomogram was evaluated using the area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve (AUC) and calibration plot. Clinical effectiveness was validated by decision curve analysis (DCA). The PHASES score calculated for each case was used for comparison.ResultsThe nomogram achieved an AUC of 0.849 (95% CI: 0.805–0.893), with a sensitivity of 86.5%, a specificity of 70.9%, and accuracy of 74.7%, which was superior to PHASES score system (AUC = 0.693, sensitivity = 83.6%, specificity = 48.8%, and accuracy = 57.5%). A good agreement between predicted rupture risk and actual rupture status in the small aneurysms was observed, and DCA illustrated the benefit of using the nomogram when decisions needed to be made clinically.ConclusionsThe nomogram based on clinical and morphological risk factors can be useful in assisting clinicians with individualized assessments and benefit-risk balancing in patients with small IAs (< =5 mm).
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- Haiyan Lou
- Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Taimei Medical Technology, Shanghai, China
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- Taimei Medical Technology, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Translational Medicine, School of Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- *Correspondence: Jianwei Pan
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