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Schwarz, G.; Kanber, B.; Prados, F.; Browning, S.; Simister, R.; Jäger, H. R.; Ambler, G.; Gandini Wheeler-Kingshott, C. A. M.; Werring, D. J.
Journal of neurology, 05/2023, Volume: 270, Issue: 5Journal Article
Introduction Small vessel disease (SVD) causes most spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) and is associated with widespread microstructural brain tissue disruption, which can be quantified via diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) metrics: mean diffusivity (MD) and fractional anisotropy (FA). Little is known about the impact of whole-brain microstructural alterations after SVD-related ICH. We aimed to investigate: (1) association between whole-brain DTI metrics and functional outcome after ICH; and (2) predictive ability of these metrics compared to the pre-existing ICH score. Methods Sixty-eight patients (38.2% lobar) were retrospectively included. We assessed whole-brain DTI metrics (obtained within 5 days after ICH) in cortical and deep grey matter and white matter. We used univariable logistic regression to assess the associations between DTI and clinical-radiological variables and poor outcome (modified Rankin Scale > 2). We determined the optimal predictive variables (via LASSO estimation) in: model 1 (DTI variables only), model 2 (DTI plus non-DTI variables), model 3 (DTI plus ICH score). Optimism-adjusted C-statistics were calculated for each model and compared (likelihood ratio test) against the ICH score. Results Deep grey matter MD (OR 1.04 95% CI 1.01–1.07, p = 0.010) and white matter MD (OR 1.11 95% CI 1.01–1.23, p = 0.044) were associated (univariate analysis) with poor outcome. Discrimination values for model 1 (0.67 95% CI 0.52–0.83), model 2 (0.71 95% CI 0.57–0.85) and model 3 (0.66 95% CI 0.52–0.82) were all significantly higher than the ICH score (0.62 95% CI 0.49–0.75). Conclusion Our exploratory study suggests that whole-brain microstructural disruption measured by DTI is associated with poor 6-month functional outcome after SVD-related ICH. Whole-brain DTI metrics performed better at predicting recovery than the existing ICH score.
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