Risk factors of dilated Virchow-Robin spaces are different in various brain regions.
Abstract | BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Few studies have reported on the risk factors of dilated Virchow-Robin Spaces (dVRS) in large samples of ischemic stroke patients. Little evidence exists regarding the relationship between dVRS and etiologic subtype of ischemic stroke or lacune. We aimed to investigate the risk factors associated with the severity of dVRS in a large sample of ischemic stroke patients. METHODS: We consecutively enrolled 1,090 patients who experienced an ischemic stroke within the past seven days and underwent a 3.0 T MRI scan in the Chinese IntraCranial AtheroSclerosis Study (ICAS). Clinical data and cranial MRI information of patients included age, sex, vascular risk factors, dVRS, leukoaraiosis, lacune, and etiologic subtype of ischemic stroke. Analyses were performed regarding the risk factors associated with the severity of dVRS by univariate analysis and multivariable ordinal logistic regression analysis. RESULTS: Through multivariable ordinal logistic regression analysis, age, the severity of leukoaraiosis, lacune, admission National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) ≤3, and the severity of dVRS in the white matter (WM) and hippocampus (Hip) were correlated with the severity of dVRS in basal ganglia (BG); male, history of hypertension, admission NIHSS ≤3, and the severity of dVRS in BG and Hip were correlated with the severity of dVRS in WM; female, the severity of leukoaraiosis, admission NIHSS >3, small artery occlusion subtype of ischemic stroke, and the severity of dVRS in BG and WM were correlated with the severity of dVRS in Hip. CONCLUSION:
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Authors | Changqing Zhang, Qidong Chen, Yilong Wang, Xingquan Zhao, Chunxue Wang, Liping Liu, Yuehua Pu, Xinying Zou, Wanliang Du, Yuesong Pan, Zixiao Li, Jing Jing, Dongxue Wang, Yang Luo, Ka Sing Wong, Yongjun Wang, Chinese IntraCranial AtheroSclerosis (CICAS) Study Group |
Journal | PloS one
(PLoS One)
Vol. 9
Issue 8
Pg. e105505
( 2014)
ISSN: 1932-6203 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 25157843
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Multicenter Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Topics |
- Aged
- Brain
(pathology)
- Brain Diseases
(etiology, pathology)
- Brain Ischemia
(complications, pathology)
- Craniofacial Abnormalities
(etiology, pathology)
- Cysts
(etiology, pathology)
- Ectodermal Dysplasia
(etiology, pathology)
- Female
- Humans
- Leukoaraiosis
(complications, pathology)
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Prospective Studies
- Risk Factors
- Severity of Illness Index
- Stroke
(complications, pathology)
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