Department of Neurology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Eur J Neurol. 2015 Mar;22(3):493-9. doi: 10.1111/ene.12597. Epub 2014 Dec 5.
Our aim was to determine factors associated with symptomatic intracranial haemorrhage (sICH) in basilar artery occlusion patients treated with intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) and adjuvant anticoagulant therapy.
A registry of 176 consecutive patients with angiography-proven basilar artery occlusion who received IVT with alteplase and heparin between 1995 to 2013 was assessed. Post-treatment sICH was evaluated with the European Cooperative Acute Stroke Study II criteria. Unfavourable outcome was defined as a modified Rankin Scale score of 3-6 at 3 months.
Twenty-four patients developed sICH (13.6%, sICH+), all of whom had unfavourable outcome and only two (8.3%) sICH+ patients survived. On admission, sICH+ patients more frequently had extensive ischaemic changes defined as posterior circulation Acute Stroke Prognosis Early CT Score (PC-ASPECTS) < 8 (50% vs. 27% in sICH-, P = 0.031) and lower platelet counts (183 vs. 218 E9/l; P = 0.011). They also had higher systolic blood pressure (SBP) (median 160 vs. 147 mmHg, P = 0.034) immediately after IVT. In multivariable regression analysis, lower platelet values [odds ratio (OR) 0.99, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.97-0.996; P = 0.006], PC-ASPECTS < 8 on admission (OR 3.6, 95% CI 1.3-10.3; P = 0.017) and higher SBP after treatment (OR 1.03, 95% CI 1.01-1.05; P = 0.017) were independently associated with sICH. Ninety per cent of the sICHs occurred within 48 h from IVT/anticoagulation treatment. No differences in activated partial thrompoplastin times prior to or after the treatment were observed between sICH+ and sICH- patients.
The risk of sICH was largely determined by extension of ischaemic changes on admission computed tomography. Clinically relevantly, also higher post-thrombolytic SBP as described earlier and lower perithrombolytic platelet counts do increase the risk, a finding requiring confirmation in other patient series.
本研究旨在确定接受静脉溶栓(IVT)和辅助抗凝治疗的基底动脉闭塞患者发生症状性颅内出血(sICH)的相关因素。
评估了 1995 年至 2013 年间接受 IVT 联合阿替普酶和肝素治疗的 176 例经血管造影证实的基底动脉闭塞患者的登记资料。采用欧洲合作急性卒中研究 II 标准评估治疗后 sICH。3 个月时改良 Rankin 量表评分 3-6 分定义为不良预后。
24 例患者发生 sICH(sICH+,13.6%),均预后不良,仅有 2 例(8.3%)sICH+患者存活。入院时,sICH+患者更常出现广泛的缺血性改变,定义为后循环急性卒中预后早期 CT 评分(PC-ASPECTS)<8(50%比 sICH-患者的 27%,P=0.031)和血小板计数较低(183 比 218×109/L;P=0.011)。sICH+患者的收缩压(SBP)也更高(治疗后即刻中位数 160 比 147mmHg,P=0.034)。多变量回归分析显示,血小板值较低(比值比[OR]0.99,95%置信区间[CI]0.97-0.996;P=0.006)、入院时 PC-ASPECTS<8(OR 3.6,95%CI 1.3-10.3;P=0.017)和治疗后 SBP 较高(OR 1.03,95%CI 1.01-1.05;P=0.017)与 sICH 独立相关。90%的 sICH 发生在 IVT/抗凝治疗后 48 小时内。sICH+和 sICH-患者在治疗前后的活化部分凝血活酶时间无差异。
sICH 的风险主要由入院时 CT 计算的缺血性改变程度决定。临床相关的是,溶栓后 SBP 升高和溶栓前血小板计数降低也会增加风险,这一发现需要在其他患者系列中得到证实。