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Trial reportEuropean radiology2019

Validation of overestimation ratio and TL-SVS as imaging biomarker of cardioembolic stroke and time from onset to MRI.

Romain Bourcier, Laurence Legrand, Sébastien Soize, Julien Labreuche, Marine Beaumont, Hubert Desal, Imad Derraz, Serge Bracard, Catherine Oppenheim, Olivier Naggara and 1 more

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Trial report in European radiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Romain BourcierDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Guillaume et René Laennec University Hospital, Nantes, France. romain.bourcier2@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6506-4019
Laurence LegrandDepartment of Neuroradiology, Université Paris-Descartes. INSERM U894, Sainte-Anne Hospital, Paris, France.
Sébastien SoizeDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, University Hospital of Reims, Reims, France.
Julien LabreucheCentre Hospitalier Regional Universitaire de Lille, Biostatistics, Lille, Hauts-de-France, France.
Marine BeaumontCIC1433, INSERM, IADI, U1254, Université de Lorraine, INSERM, CHRU de Nancy CIC-IT Nancy, Nancy, France.
Hubert DesalDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Guillaume et René Laennec University Hospital, Nantes, France.
Imad DerrazDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Hopital Gui de Chauillac, Montpellier, France.
Serge BracardDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, University Hospital of Nancy, Nancy, France.
Catherine OppenheimDepartment of Neuroradiology, Université Paris-Descartes. INSERM U894, Sainte-Anne Hospital, Paris, France.
Olivier NaggaraDepartment of Neuroradiology, Université Paris-Descartes. INSERM U894, Sainte-Anne Hospital, Paris, France.
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Funding

This study was funded by the French Ministry for Health as part of its 2009 STIC programme for the support of costly innovations (grant number 2009 A00753-54). The trial steering committee attests to the integrity of the trial, the fidelity of this report to the study protocol, and the completeness and accuracy of the reported data. This study was funded by the French Ministry for Health as part of its 2009 STIC programme for the support of costly innovations (grant number 2009 A00753-54). The trial steering committee attests to the integrity of the trial, the fidelity of this report to the study protocol, and the completeness and accuracy of the reported data.
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Abstract

objectiveWe aimed to determine in the "THRACE" trial, the clinical and MRI technical parameters associated with the two-layered susceptibility vessel sign (TL-SVS) and the overestimation ratio (overR). MATERIALS AND

methodsPatients with pre-treatment brain gradient echo (GRE) sequence and an etiological work-up were identified. Two readers reviewed TL-SVS, i.e., a SVS with a linear low-intense signal core surrounded by a higher intensity and measured the overR as the width of SVS divided by the width of the artery. Binomial and ordinal logistic regression respectively tested the association between TL-SVS and quartiles of overR with patient characteristics, cardioembolic stroke (CES), time from onset to imaging, and GRE sequence parameters (inter slice gap, slice thickness, echo time, flip angle, voxel size, and field strength).

resultsAmong 258 included patients, 102 patients were examined by 3 Tesla MRI and 156 by 1.5 Tesla MRI. Intra- and inter-reader agreements for quartiles of overR and TL-SVS were good to excellent. The median overR was 1.59 (IQR, 1.30 to 1.86). TL-SVS was present in 101 patients (39.2%, 95%CI, 33.1 to 45.1%). In multivariate analysis, only CES was associated with overR quartiles (OR, 1.83; 95%CI, 1.11 to 2.99), and every 60 min increase from onset to MRI time was associated with TL-SVS (OR, 1.72; 95%CI, 1.10 to 2.67). MRI technical parameters were statistically associated with neither overR nor TL-SVS.

conclusionIndependent of GRE sequence parameters, an increased overR was associated to CES, while the TL-SVS is independently related to a longer time from onset to MRI. KEY POINTS: • An imaging biomarker would be useful to predict the etiology of stroke in order to adapt secondary prevention of stroke. • The two-layered susceptibility vessel sign and the overestimation ratio are paramagnetic effect derived markers that vary according to the MRI machines and sequence parameters. • Independent of sequence parameters, an increased overestimation ratio was associated to cardioembolic stroke, while the two-layered susceptibility vessel sign is independently related to a longer time from onset to MRI.

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