Background and purpose: In patients with acute ischemic stroke treated with reperfusion therapy we aimed to evaluate whether pretreatment blood–brain barrier (BBB) leakage is associated with subsequent hemorrhagic transformation (HT). Methods: We prospectively screened patients with acute ischemic stroke treated with intravenous thrombolysis and/or endovascular treatment. Before treatment, each patient received computed tomography (CT), CT angiography, and CT perfusion. We assessed pretreatment BBB leakage within the ischemic area using the volume transfer constant (Ktrans) value. Our primary outcome was relevant HT, defined as hemorrhagic infarction type 2 or parenchymal hemorrhage type 1 or 2. We evaluated independent associations between BBB leakage and HT using logistic regression, adjusting for age, sex, baseline stroke severity, Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score (ASPECTS) ≥ 6, treatment type, and onset-to-treatment time. Results: We enrolled 171 patients with available assessment of BBB leakage. The patients' mean (±SD) age was 75.5 (±11.8) years, 86 (50%) were men, and the median (interquartile range) National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score was 18 (12–23). A total of 32 patients (18%) received intravenous thrombolysis, 102 (60%) underwent direct endovascular treatment, and 37 (22%) underwent both. Patients with relevant HT (N = 31;18%) had greater mean BBB leakage (Ktrans 0.77 vs. 0.60; p = 0.027). After adjustment in the logistic regression model, we found that BBB leakage was associated both with a more than twofold risk of relevant HT (odds ratio [OR] 2.50; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.03–6.03 per Ktrans point increase; OR 2.34; 95% CI 1.06–5.17 for Ktrans values > 0.63 [mean BBB leakage value]) and with symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage (OR 4.30; 95% CI 1.13–13.77 per Ktrans point increase). Conclusion: Pretreatment BBB leakage before reperfusion therapy was associated with HT, and may help to identify patients at risk of HT.

Blood–brain barrier leakage and hemorrhagic transformation: The Reperfusion Injury in Ischemic StroKe (RISK) study / Arba F.; Piccardi B.; Palumbo V.; Biagini S.; Galmozzi F.; Iovene V.; Giannini A.; Testa G.D.; Sodero A.; Nesi M.; Gadda D.; Moretti M.; Lamassa M.; Pescini F.; Poggesi A.; Sarti C.; Nannoni S.; Pracucci G.; Limbucci N.; Nappini S.; Renieri L.; Grifoni S.; Fainardi E.; Inzitari D.; Nencini P.. - In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY. - ISSN 1351-5101. - ELETTRONICO. - 28:(2021), pp. 3147-3154. [10.1111/ene.14985]

Blood–brain barrier leakage and hemorrhagic transformation: The Reperfusion Injury in Ischemic StroKe (RISK) study

Arba F.;Galmozzi F.;Iovene V.;Testa G. D.;Sodero A.;Lamassa M.;Pescini F.;Poggesi A.;Nannoni S.;Limbucci N.;Renieri L.;Grifoni S.;Fainardi E.;Inzitari D.;Nencini P.
2021

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Background and purpose: In patients with acute ischemic stroke treated with reperfusion therapy we aimed to evaluate whether pretreatment blood–brain barrier (BBB) leakage is associated with subsequent hemorrhagic transformation (HT). Methods: We prospectively screened patients with acute ischemic stroke treated with intravenous thrombolysis and/or endovascular treatment. Before treatment, each patient received computed tomography (CT), CT angiography, and CT perfusion. We assessed pretreatment BBB leakage within the ischemic area using the volume transfer constant (Ktrans) value. Our primary outcome was relevant HT, defined as hemorrhagic infarction type 2 or parenchymal hemorrhage type 1 or 2. We evaluated independent associations between BBB leakage and HT using logistic regression, adjusting for age, sex, baseline stroke severity, Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score (ASPECTS) ≥ 6, treatment type, and onset-to-treatment time. Results: We enrolled 171 patients with available assessment of BBB leakage. The patients' mean (±SD) age was 75.5 (±11.8) years, 86 (50%) were men, and the median (interquartile range) National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score was 18 (12–23). A total of 32 patients (18%) received intravenous thrombolysis, 102 (60%) underwent direct endovascular treatment, and 37 (22%) underwent both. Patients with relevant HT (N = 31;18%) had greater mean BBB leakage (Ktrans 0.77 vs. 0.60; p = 0.027). After adjustment in the logistic regression model, we found that BBB leakage was associated both with a more than twofold risk of relevant HT (odds ratio [OR] 2.50; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.03–6.03 per Ktrans point increase; OR 2.34; 95% CI 1.06–5.17 for Ktrans values > 0.63 [mean BBB leakage value]) and with symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage (OR 4.30; 95% CI 1.13–13.77 per Ktrans point increase). Conclusion: Pretreatment BBB leakage before reperfusion therapy was associated with HT, and may help to identify patients at risk of HT.
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Arba F.; Piccardi B.; Palumbo V.; Biagini S.; Galmozzi F.; Iovene V.; Giannini A.; Testa G.D.; Sodero A.; Nesi M.; Gadda D.; Moretti M.; Lamassa M.; Pescini F.; Poggesi A.; Sarti C.; Nannoni S.; Pracucci G.; Limbucci N.; Nappini S.; Renieri L.; Grifoni S.; Fainardi E.; Inzitari D.; Nencini P.
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