• J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatr. · Aug 2010

    Could clinical diffusion-mismatch determined using DWI ASPECTS predict neurological improvement after thrombolysis before 3 h after acute stroke?

    • Yuka Terasawa, Kazumi Kimura, Yasuyuki Iguchi, Kazuto Kobayashi, Junya Aoki, Kensaku Shibazaki, and Ryuji Kaji.
    • Department of Stroke Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan. tera@clin.med.tokushima-u.ac.jp
    • J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatr.. 2010 Aug 1;81(8):864-8.

    BackgroundClinical-diffusion mismatch (CDM) between stroke severity and volume of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) lesions seems to predict penumbra. The Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score on DWI (DWI ASPECTS) is a simple score for identifying ischaemic lesions. The authors examined whether CDM using DWI ASPECTS can predict neurological improvement in patients with acute stroke treated with intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA).MethodsThe authors enrolled consecutive patients with anterior circulation stroke treated with intravenous t-PA. The authors calculated a cut-off value for CDM using DWI ASPECTS. After excluding a group of patients with mild symptoms (National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score <8), the authors divided the patients into two groups by presence or not of CDM (a positive group (P-CDM) and a negative group (N-CDM)). The authors then compared clinical characteristics including NIHSS score and modified Rankin Scale at 90 days after intravenous t-PA.ResultsSeventy-one patients (male 41, mean age 74 years) were enrolled. DWI ASPECTS was linearly related to DWI lesion volume. The authors defined CDM as NIHSS scores > or =8 and DWI ASPECTS > or =7. The P-CDM group had 35 patients (61%) and the N-CDM group 22 patients (39%). NIHSS scores on admission were 15 (median) in P-CDM and 20 in N-CDM (p=0.004). NIHSS scores after intravenous t-PA improved in P-CDM but were unchanged in N-CDM (7 vs 20 at 7 days, p=0.033 on ANOVA). A favourable outcome at 90 days, defined as modified Rankin scale 0-3, was found in 46% of P-CDM patients and 14% of N-CDM patients (p=0.020).ConclusionCDM determined using DWI ASPECTS may be associated with neurological improvement in patients treated with intravenous t-PA.

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