From the Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital Stroke Research Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston (L.X., S.J.v.V., N.B., A.C., M.P., A.-K.G., P.F., G.R., K.S., E.M.G., A.B., S.M.G., A.V.).
Centre Hospitalier Sainte-Anne, Université Paris Descartes, France (G.B.).
Stroke. 2018 Oct;49(10):2330-2336. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.118.022280.
Background and Purpose- We aimed to explore the association between presence of cerebral cortical microinfarcts (CMIs) on magnetic resonance imaging and other small-vessel disease neuroimaging biomarkers in cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) and to analyze the role of CMIs on individual cognitive domains and dementia conversion. Methods- Participants were recruited from an ongoing longitudinal research cohort of eligible CAA patients between March 2006 and October 2016. A total of 102 cases were included in the analysis that assessed the relationship of cortical CMIs to CAA neuroimaging markers. Ninety-five subjects had neuropsychological tests conducted within 1 month of magnetic resonance imaging scanning. Seventy-five nondemented CAA patients had cognitive evaluation data available during follow-up. Results- Among 102 patients enrolled, 40 patients had CMIs (39%) on magnetic resonance imaging. CMIs were uniformly distributed throughout the cortex without regional predilection ( P=0.971). The presence of CMIs was associated with lower total brain volume (odds ratio, 0.85; 95% CI, 0.74-0.98; P=0.025) and presence of cortical superficial siderosis (odds ratio, 2.66; 95% CI, 1.10-6.39; P=0.029). In 95 subjects with neuropsychological tests, presence of CMIs was associated with impaired executive function (β, -0.23; 95% CI, -0.44 to -0.02; P=0.036) and processing speed (β, -0.24; 95% CI, -0.45 to -0.04; P=0.020). Patients with CMIs had a higher cumulative dementia incidence compared with patients without CMIs ( P=0.043), whereas only baseline total brain volume (hazard ratio, 0.76; 95% CI, 0.62-0.92; P=0.006) independently predicted dementia conversion. Conclusions- Magnetic resonance imaging-detected CMIs in CAA correlated with greater overall disease burden. The presence of CMIs was associated with worse cognitive performance, whereas only total brain atrophy independently predicted dementia conversion.
背景与目的-我们旨在探讨磁共振成像上存在皮质微梗死(CMIs)与脑淀粉样血管病(CAA)中其他小血管疾病神经影像学标志物之间的关系,并分析 CMIs 在个体认知域和痴呆转化中的作用。方法-参与者是从 2006 年 3 月至 2016 年 10 月期间进行的一项正在进行的纵向研究队列中符合条件的 CAA 患者中招募的。共纳入 102 例分析,评估皮质 CMIs 与 CAA 神经影像学标志物的关系。95 例受试者在磁共振成像扫描后 1 个月内进行了神经心理学测试。75 例非痴呆性 CAA 患者在随访期间有认知评估数据。结果-在纳入的 102 例患者中,40 例(39%)患者在磁共振成像上存在 CMIs。CMIs 均匀分布于整个皮质,无区域偏好(P=0.971)。存在 CMIs 与总脑容量较低相关(比值比,0.85;95%置信区间,0.74-0.98;P=0.025)和皮质表浅铁质沉着症的存在相关(比值比,2.66;95%置信区间,1.10-6.39;P=0.029)。在 95 例进行神经心理学测试的受试者中,存在 CMIs 与执行功能受损相关(β,-0.23;95%置信区间,-0.44 至-0.02;P=0.036)和处理速度受损相关(β,-0.24;95%置信区间,-0.45 至-0.04;P=0.020)。与无 CMIs 的患者相比,存在 CMIs 的患者累积痴呆发生率更高(P=0.043),而只有基线总脑容量(危险比,0.76;95%置信区间,0.62-0.92;P=0.006)独立预测痴呆转化。结论-在 CAA 中,磁共振成像检测到的 CMIs 与更大的整体疾病负担相关。CMIs 的存在与认知功能下降相关,而只有总脑萎缩独立预测痴呆转化。