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Is the Susceptibility Vessel Sign on 3-Tesla Magnetic Resonance T2*-Weighted Imaging a Useful Tool to Predict Recanalization in Intravenous Tissue Plasminogen Activator?

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The aim of this study was to investigate the independent factors associated with the absence of recanalization approximately 24 h after intravenous administration of tissue-type plasminogen activator (IV TPA). The previous studies have been conducted using 1.5-Tesla (T) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). We studied whether the characteristics of 3-T MRI findings were useful to predict outcome and recanalization after IV tPA. Patients with internal carotid artery (ICA) or middle cerebral artery (MCA) (horizontal portion, M1; Sylvian portion, M2) occlusion and treated by IV tPA were enrolled. We studied whether the presence of susceptibility vessel sign (SVS) at M1 and low clot burden score on T2*-weighted imaging (T2*-CBS) on 3-T MRI were associated with the absence of recanalization. A total of 49 patients were enrolled (27 men; mean age, 73.9 years). MR angiography obtained approximately 24 h after IV tPA revealed recanalization in 21 (42.9 %) patients. Independent factors associated with the absence of recanalization included ICA or proximal M1 occlusion (odds ratio, 69.6; 95 % confidence interval, 5.05–958.8, p = 0.002). In this study, an independent factor associated with the absence of recanalization may be proximal occlusion of the cerebral arteries rather than SVS in the MCA or low T2*-CBS on 3-T MRI.

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  1. Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School, Kuramoto-cho, 770-8503, Tokushima, Japan

    N. Yamamoto MD, Y. Izumi MD, PhD & R. Kaji MD, PhD

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Institute of Health Biosciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan

    J. Satomi MD, PhD & S. Nagahiro MD, PhD

  3. Department of Radiology, Institute of Health Biosciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan

    M. Harada MD, PhD

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Yamamoto, N., Satomi, J., Harada, M. et al. Is the Susceptibility Vessel Sign on 3-Tesla Magnetic Resonance T2*-Weighted Imaging a Useful Tool to Predict Recanalization in Intravenous Tissue Plasminogen Activator?. Clin Neuroradiol 26, 317–323 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00062-014-0363-x

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