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Abstract
Background and Objectives Hypertensive cerebral small vessel disease (HTN-cSVD) is the predominant microangiopathy in patients with a combination of lobar and deep cerebral microbleeds (CMBs) and intracerebral hemorrhage (mixed ICH). We tested the hypothesis that cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is also a contributing microangiopathy in patients with mixed ICH with cortical superficial siderosis (cSS), a marker strongly associated with CAA.
Methods Brain MRIs from a prospective database of consecutive patients with nontraumatic ICH admitted to a referral center were reviewed for the presence of CMBs, cSS, and nonhemorrhagic CAA markers (lobar lacunes, centrum semiovale enlarged perivascular spaces [CSO-EPVS], and multispot white matter hyperintensity [WMH] pattern). The frequencies of CAA markers and left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), a marker for hypertensive end-organ damage, were compared between patients with mixed ICH with cSS (mixed ICH/cSS[+]) and without cSS (mixed ICH/cSS[–]) in univariate and multivariable models.
Results Of 1,791 patients with ICH, 40 had mixed ICH/cSS(+) and 256 had mixed ICH/cSS(−). LVH was less common in patients with mixed ICH/cSS(+) compared with those with mixed ICH/cSS(−) (34% vs 59%, p = 0.01). The frequencies of CAA imaging markers, namely multispot pattern (18% vs 4%, p < 0.01) and severe CSO-EPVS (33% vs 11%, p < 0.01), were higher in patients with mixed ICH/cSS(+) compared with those with mixed ICH/cSS(−). In a logistic regression model, older age (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 1.04 per year, 95% CI 1.00–1.07, p = 0.04), lack of LVH (aOR 0.41, 95% CI 0.19–0.89, p = 0.02), multispot WMH pattern (aOR 5.25, 95% CI 1.63–16.94, p = 0.01), and severe CSO-EPVS (aOR 4.24, 95% CI 1.78–10.13, p < 0.01) were independently associated with mixed ICH/cSS(+) after further adjustment for hypertension and coronary artery disease. Among ICH survivors, the adjusted hazard ratio of ICH recurrence in patients with mixed ICH/cSS(+) was 4.65 (95% CI 1.38–11.38, p < 0.01) compared with that in patients with mixed ICH/cSS(−).
Discussion The underlying microangiopathy of mixed ICH/cSS(+) likely includes both HTN-cSVD and CAA, whereas mixed ICH/cSS(−) is likely driven by HTN-cSVD. These imaging-based classifications can be important to stratify ICH risk but warrant confirmation in studies incorporating advanced imaging/pathology.
Glossary
- aHR=
- adjusted hazard ratio;
- aOR=
- adjusted odds ratio;
- CAA=
- cerebral amyloid angiopathy;
- CMB=
- cerebral microbleed;
- CSO=
- centrum semiovale;
- cSS=
- cortical superficial siderosis;
- cSVD=
- cerebral small vessel disease;
- EPVS=
- enlarged perivascular space;
- HTN-cSVD=
- hypertensive cSVD;
- ICH=
- intracerebral hemorrhage;
- IQR=
- interquartile range;
- LVH=
- left ventricular hypertrophy;
- WMH=
- white matter hyperintensity
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Submitted and externally peer reviewed. The handling editor was Editor-in-Chief José Merino, MD, MPhil, FAAN.
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- Received January 19, 2023.
- Accepted in final form April 17, 2023.
- © 2023 American Academy of Neurology
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