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Wechsler PM, Navi BB. Bypassing Closest Stroke Center for Intracerebral Hemorrhage-Not So Fast! JAMA Neurol 2023; 80:1022-1025. [PMID: 37603365 DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2023.2753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/22/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Paul M Wechsler
- Clinical and Translational Neuroscience Unit, Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute, Department of Neurology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York
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- Clinical and Translational Neuroscience Unit, Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute, Department of Neurology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York
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Arthur KC, Huang S, Gudenkauf JC, Mohseni A, Wang R, Aslan A, Nabi M, Hoseinyazdi M, Johnson B, Patel N, Urrutia VC, Yedavalli V. Assessing the Relationship between LAMS and CT Perfusion Parameters in Acute Ischemic Stroke Secondary to Large Vessel Occlusion. J Clin Med 2023; 12:jcm12103374. [PMID: 37240480 DOI: 10.3390/jcm12103374] [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: 03/14/2023] [Revised: 05/03/2023] [Accepted: 05/06/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND The Los Angeles Motor Scale (LAMS) is a rapid pre-hospital scale used to predict stroke severity which has also been shown to accurately predict large vessel occlusions (LVOs). However, to date there is no study exploring whether LAMS correlates with the computed tomography perfusion (CTP) parameters in LVOs. METHODS Patients with LVO between September 2019 and October 2021 were retrospectively reviewed and included if the CTP data and admission neurologic exams were available. The LAMS was documented based on emergency personnel exams or scored retrospectively using an admission neurologic exam. The CTP data was processed by RAPID (IschemaView, Menlo Park, CA, USA) with an ischemic core volume (relative cerebral blood flow [rCBF] < 30%), time-to-maximum (Tmax) volume (Tmax > 6 s delay), hypoperfusion index (HI), and cerebral blood volume (CBV) index. Spearman's correlations were performed between the LAMS and CTP parameters. RESULTS A total of 85 patients were included, of which there were 9 intracranial internal carotid artery (ICA), 53 proximal M1 branch middle cerebral artery M1, and 23 proximal M2 branch occlusions. Overall, 26 patients had LAMS 0-3, and 59 had LAMS 4-5. In total, LAMS positively correlated with CBF < 30% (Correlation Coefficient (CC): 0.32, p < 0.01), Tmax > 6 s (CC:0.23, p < 0.04), HI (CC:0.27, p < 0.01), and negatively correlated with the CBV index (CC:-0.24, p < 0.05). The relationships between LAMS and CBF were < 30% and the HI was more pronounced in M1 occlusions (CC:0.42, p < 0.01; 0.34, p < 0.01 respectively) and proximal M2 occlusions (CC:0.53, p < 0.01; 0.48, p < 0.03 respectively). The LAMS also correlated with a Tmax > 6 s in M1 occlusions (CC:0.42, p < 0.01), and negatively correlated with the CBV index in M2 occlusions (CC:-0.69, p < 0.01). There were no significant correlations between the LAMS and intracranial ICA occlusions. CONCLUSIONS The results of our preliminary study indicate that the LAMS is positively correlated with the estimated ischemic core, perfusion deficit, and HI, and negatively correlated with the CBV index in patients with anterior circulation LVO, with stronger relationships in the M1 and M2 occlusions. This is the first study showing that the LAMS may be correlated with the collateral status and estimated ischemic core in patients with LVO.
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- Karissa C Arthur
- Department of Neurology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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Feasibility, Safety, and Technical Success of the Flying Intervention Team in Acute Ischemic Stroke. Clin Neuroradiol 2022; 33:393-404. [DOI: 10.1007/s00062-022-01220-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2022] [Accepted: 08/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
Abstract
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Background
Prompt endovascular care of patients with ischemic stroke due to large vessel occlusion (LVO) remains a major challenge in rural regions as primary stroke centers (PSC) usually cannot provide neuro-interventional services. Objective The core content of the Flying Intervention Team (FIT) project is to perform thrombectomy on-site at a local PSC after the neuro-interventionalist has been transported via helicopter to the target hospital. An important and so far unanswered question is whether mechanical thrombectomy can be performed as safely and successfully on-site as in a specialized comprehensive stroke center (CSC).
Methods
Comparison of 100 FIT thrombectomies on site in 14 different PSCs with 128 control thrombectomies at 1 CSC (79 drip-and-ship, 49 mothership) performed by a single interventionalist with respect to technical-procedural success parameters, procedural times, and complications.
Results
There were no significant differences between the two groups in terms of technical success (95.0% successful interventions in FIT group vs. 94.5% in control group, p = 0.60) and complications (3% major complications in FIT vs. 1.6% in control group, p = 0.47). Regarding time from onset to groin puncture, there was no difference between FIT and the entire control group (182 vs. 183 min, p = 0.28), but a trend in favor of FIT compared with the drip-and-ship control subgroup (182 vs. 210 min, p = 0.096).
Conclusions
Airborne neuro-interventional thrombectomy service is a feasible approach for rural regions. If performed by experienced neuro-interventionalists, technical success and complication rates are comparable to treatment in a specialized neuro-interventional department.
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Kilic M, Wendl C, Wilfling S, Olmes D, Linker RA, Schlachetzki F. Acute Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion Detection Using Mobile Non-Imaging Brain Perfusion Ultrasound-First Case. J Clin Med 2022; 11:jcm11123384. [PMID: 35743454 PMCID: PMC9225458 DOI: 10.3390/jcm11123384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2022] [Revised: 05/29/2022] [Accepted: 06/02/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
Abstract
Mobile brain perfusion ultrasound (BPU) is a novel non-imaging technique creating only hemispheric perfusion curves following ultrasound contrast injection and has been specifically designed for early prehospital large vessel occlusion (LVO) stroke identification. We report on the first patient investigated with the SONAS® system, a portable point-of-care ultrasound system for BPU. This patient was admitted into our stroke unit about 12 h following onset of a fluctuating motor aphasia, dysarthria and facial weakness resulting in an NIHSS of 3 to 8. Occlusion of the left middle cerebral artery occlusion was diagnosed by computed tomography angiography. BPU was performed in conjunction with injection of echo-contrast agent to generate hemispheric perfusion curves and in parallel, conventional color-coded sonography (TCCS) assessing MCAO. Both assessments confirmed the results of angiography. Emergency mechanical thrombectomy (MT) achieved complete recanalization (TICI 3) and post-interventional NIHSS of 2 the next day. Telephone follow-up after 2 years found the patient fully active in professional life. Point-of-care BPU is a non-invasive technique especially suitable for prehospital stroke diagnosis for LVO. BPU in conjunction with prehospital stroke scales may enable goal-directed stroke patient placement, i.e., directly to comprehensive stroke centers aiming for MT. Further results of the ongoing phase II study are needed to confirm this finding.
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- Mustafa Kilic
- Department of Neurology, Center for Vascular Neurology and Intensive Care, University of Regensburg, University Hospital Regensburg, Medbo Bezirksklinikum Regensburg, Universitaetsstr. 84, 93053 Regensburg, Germany; (M.K.); (S.W.); (D.O.); (R.A.L.)
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- Center for Neuroradiology, University Hospital Regensburg, Medbo Bezirksklinikum Regensburg, Universitaetsstr. 84, 93053 Regensburg, Germany;
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- Department of Neurology, Center for Vascular Neurology and Intensive Care, University of Regensburg, University Hospital Regensburg, Medbo Bezirksklinikum Regensburg, Universitaetsstr. 84, 93053 Regensburg, Germany; (M.K.); (S.W.); (D.O.); (R.A.L.)
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- Department of Neurology, Center for Vascular Neurology and Intensive Care, University of Regensburg, University Hospital Regensburg, Medbo Bezirksklinikum Regensburg, Universitaetsstr. 84, 93053 Regensburg, Germany; (M.K.); (S.W.); (D.O.); (R.A.L.)
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- Department of Neurology, Center for Vascular Neurology and Intensive Care, University of Regensburg, University Hospital Regensburg, Medbo Bezirksklinikum Regensburg, Universitaetsstr. 84, 93053 Regensburg, Germany; (M.K.); (S.W.); (D.O.); (R.A.L.)
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- Department of Neurology, Center for Vascular Neurology and Intensive Care, University of Regensburg, University Hospital Regensburg, Medbo Bezirksklinikum Regensburg, Universitaetsstr. 84, 93053 Regensburg, Germany; (M.K.); (S.W.); (D.O.); (R.A.L.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +49-941-941-3502; Fax: +49-941-941-3095
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Kilic M, Scalzo F, Lyle C, Baldaranov D, Dirnbacher M, Honda T, Liebeskind DS, Schlachetzki F. A mobile battery-powered brain perfusion ultrasound (BPU) device designed for prehospital stroke diagnosis: correlation to perfusion MRI in healthy volunteers. Neurol Res Pract 2022; 4:13. [PMID: 35399083 PMCID: PMC8996400 DOI: 10.1186/s42466-022-00179-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2022] [Accepted: 03/11/2022] [Indexed: 12/07/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Early prehospital stroke identification is crucial for goal directed hospital admission especially in rural areas. However, clinical prehospital stroke scales are designed to identify any stroke but cannot sufficiently differentiate hemorrhagic from ischemic stroke, including large vessel occlusion (LVO) amenable to mechanical thrombectomy. We report on a novel small, portable and battery driven point-of-care ultrasound system (SONAS®) specifically developed for mobile non-invasive brain perfusion ultrasound (BPU) measurement after bolus injection of an echo-enhancing agent suitable for the use in prehospital stroke diagnosis filling a current, unmet and critical need for LVO identification.
Methods In a phase I study of healthy volunteers we performed comparative perfusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (PWI) and BPU measurements, including safety analysis. Results Twelve volunteers (n = 7 females, n = 5 males, age ranging between 19 and 55 years) tolerated the measurement extremely well including analysis of blood–brain barrier integrity, and the correlation coefficient between the generated time kinetic curves after contrast agent bolus between PWI and BPU transducers ranged between 0.89 and 0.76. Conclusions Mobile BPU using the SONAS® device is feasible and safe with results comparable to PWI. When applied in conjunction with prehospital stroke scales this may lead to a more accurate stroke diagnosis and patients bypassing regular stroke units to comprehensive stroke centers. Further studies are needed in acute stroke patients and in the prehospital phase including assessment of immediate and long-term morbidity and mortality in stroke. Trial registration: Clinical trials.gov, registered 28.Sep.2017, Identifier: NCT03296852.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mustafa Kilic
- Department of Neurology, Center for Vascular Neurology and Intensive Care, University of Regensburg, medbo Bezirksklinikum Regensburg, Universitaetsstr.84, 93053, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, UCLA Stroke Center and Brain Research Institute, 635 Charles E Young Drive South, Suite 116, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- BURL Concepts, Inc., 4901 Morena Boulevard Suite 703, San Diego, CA, 92117, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Center for Vascular Neurology and Intensive Care, University of Regensburg, medbo Bezirksklinikum Regensburg, Universitaetsstr.84, 93053, Regensburg, Germany.,Alzheimer's Therapeutic Research Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 9860 Mesa Rim Road, San Diego, CA, 92121, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Neurovascular Imaging Research Core and UCLA Stroke Center, University of California Los Angeles, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, 300 Medical Plaza Driveway B200, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Neurovascular Imaging Research Core and UCLA Stroke Center, University of California Los Angeles, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, 300 Medical Plaza Driveway B200, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Center for Vascular Neurology and Intensive Care, University of Regensburg, medbo Bezirksklinikum Regensburg, Universitaetsstr.84, 93053, Regensburg, Germany.
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