Abstract
Background and aims
Previously, microvascular cerebral blood flow (CBF) response to a mild head-of-bed (HOB) elevation has been shown to be altered in acute ischemic stroke (AIS) by diffuse correlation spectroscopy (DCS). We have hypothesized that early CBF response is related to the functional outcome.
Methods
Patients with a non-lacunar AIS in the anterior circulation were monitored by DCS to measure relative CBF (ΔrCBF) on the frontal lobes bilaterally during a 0°–30° HOB elevation at early (≤ 12) or late (> 12) hours from symptom onset. National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) scores were recorded at baseline at 24 and at 48 h. Functional outcome was measured by the modified Rankin Scale (mRS) at 3 months.
Results
Thirty-eight (n = 38) AIS patients [baseline NIHSS = 19 (interquartile range: 16, 21)] were studied. ΔrCBF decreased similarly in both hemispheres (p = 0.4) when HOB was elevated and was not associated with baseline and follow-up NIHSS scores or patient demographics. At the early phase (n = 17), a lower or paradoxical ΔrCBF response to HOB elevation was associated with an unfavorable functional outcome (mRS > 2) in the ipsilesional (but not in the contralesional) hemisphere (p = 0.010). ΔrCBF response in the late acute phase was not related to mRS.
Conclusions
Early CBF response to mild HOB elevation in the ipsilesional hemisphere is related to functional outcome. Further studies may enable optical monitoring at the bedside to individualize management strategies in the early phase of AIS.
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This work was funded by Redes Temáticas de Investigación Cooperativa (RETICS-INVICTUS RD012/0014, RD16/0019/0010), Fundació CELLEX Barcelona, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad/FEDER (PHOTODEMENTIA, DPI2015-64358-C2-1-R), ISCIII/FEDER (MEDPHOTAGE, DTS16/00087, FIS-PI09/0557, FIS2015-71851-P), “Severo Ochoa” Programme (SEV-2015-0522), Obra Social “la Caixa” (LlumMedBcn, Recerca Matemàtica Col·laborativa), Institució Centres de Recerca de Catalunya, Agència de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (2017SGR-1380, 2014SGR-1307), LASERLAB-EUROPE IV (EU-H2020-654148), Whitaker International, T32 HL007954 Multidisciplinary training in cardiovascular biology, “Fundació La Marató TV3” (201709.31) and Marie Curie Initial Training Network (OILTEBIA/317526).
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Gregori-Pla, C., Blanco, I., Camps-Renom, P. et al. Early microvascular cerebral blood flow response to head-of-bed elevation is related to outcome in acute ischemic stroke. J Neurol 266, 990–997 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-019-09226-y
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