• J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis · Oct 2014

    Detection of vessel wall lesions in spontaneous symptomatic vertebrobasilar artery dissection using T1-weighted 3-dimensional imaging.

    • Tatsunori Natori, Makoto Sasaki, Mitsuharu Miyoshi, Hideki Ohba, OuraMao YamaguchiMYDepartment of Neurology and Gerontology, Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Japan., Shinsuke Narumi, Taisuke Harada, Hiroyuki Kabasawa, and Yasuo Terayama.
    • Department of Neurology and Gerontology, Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Japan. Electronic address: tnatori@iwate-med.ac.jp.
    • J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2014 Oct 1; 23 (9): 2419-24.

    BackgroundSpontaneous intracranial vertebrobasilar artery dissection (iVBD) is a cause of ischemic stroke and subarachnoid hemorrhage in young adults that can be detected noninvasively by using multisequence magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). However, MRI findings are sometimes difficult to interpret, and its accuracy tends to be suboptimal, especially during the acute period. Therefore, we investigated whether 3-dimensional (3D) vessel wall imaging (VWI) technique could readily detect iVBD lesions in acute phase patients.MethodsSixteen consecutive patients with acute ischemic stroke caused by iVBD were prospectively examined with a 1.5-T magnetic resonance scanner. T1-weighted (T1W) 3D-VWI was obtained using a flow-sensitized 3D fast spin-echo technique. In addition, multisequence MRI comprising magnetic resonance angiography (MRA), basiparallel anatomical scanning (BPAS), and axial T1W imaging (T1WI) were also examined. Presence of luminal stenosis, aneurysmal dilatation, intramural high signal, and intimal flap/double lumen of the vertebral and basilar arteries were visually assessed using each technique.ResultsOn 3D-VWI, luminal stenosis, aneurysmal dilatation, intramural high signal, and intimal flap were observed in 16 (100%), 11 (68.8%), 16 (100%), and 1 (6.3%) patients, respectively. In contrast, on conventional techniques, these findings were observed in 15 (93.8%, MRA with BPAS), 12 (75.0%, MRA with BPAS), 12 (75.0%, T1WI), and 12 (75.0%, MRA) patients, respectively.ConclusionsThe T1W 3D-VWI can directly visualize vessel wall iVBD lesions during the acute period of stroke compared with multisequence MRI.Copyright © 2014 National Stroke Association. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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