RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Role of atherosclerosis, clot extent, and penumbra volume in headache during ischemic stroke
JF Neurology
JO Neurology
FD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
SP 1124
OP 1130
DO 10.1212/WNL.0000000000003092
VO 87
IS 11
A1 van Os, Hendrikus J.A.
A1 Mulder, Inge A.
A1 van der Schaaf, Irene C.
A1 Kappelle, L. Jaap
A1 Velthuis, Birgitta K.
A1 Broersen, Alexander
A1 Vos, Jan A.
A1 Terwindt, Gisela M.
A1 Schonewille, Wouter
A1 Ferrari, Michel D.
A1 Algra, Ale
A1 van Walderveen, Marianne A.A.
A1 Wermer, Marieke J.H.
YR 2016
UL http://n.neurology.org/content/87/11/1124.abstract
AB Objective: To investigate the role of large vessel atherosclerosis, blood clot extent, and penumbra volume in relation to headache in ischemic stroke patients.Methods: In this cross-sectional study, we performed noncontrast CT, CT angiography (CTA), and CT perfusion (CTP) in 284 participants from the Dutch Acute Stroke Study and Leiden Stroke Cohort within 9 hours after ischemic stroke onset. We collected headache characteristics prospectively using a semi-structured questionnaire. Atherosclerosis was assessed by evaluating presence of plaques in extracranial and intracranial vessels and by quantifying intracranial carotid artery calcifications. Clot extent was estimated by the clot burden score on CTA and penumbra volume by CTP. We calculated risk ratios (RRs) with adjustments (aRR) for possible confounders using multivariable Poisson regression.Results: Headache during stroke was reported in 109/284 (38%) participants. Headache was less prevalent in patients with than in patients without atherosclerosis in the extracranial anterior circulation (35% vs 48%; RR 0.72; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.54–0.97). Atherosclerosis in the intracranial arteries was also associated with less headache, but this association was not statistically significant. Penumbra volume (aRR 1.08; 95% CI 0.63–1.85) and clot extent (aRR 1.02; 95% CI 0.86–1.20) were not related with headache.Conclusions: Headache in the early phase of ischemic stroke tends to occur less often in patients with atherosclerosis than in patients without atherosclerosis in the large cerebral arteries. This finding lends support to the hypothesis that vessel wall elasticity is a necessary contributing factor in the occurrence of headache during acute ischemic stroke.aRR=adjusted risk ratio; ASPECTS=Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score; CBS=clot burden score; CBV=cerebral blood volume; CI=confidence interval; CTA=CT angiography; CTP=CT perfusion; DUST=Dutch Acute Stroke Study; ICA=internal carotid artery; LUMC=Leiden University Medical Center; mRS=modified Rankin Scale; MTT=mean transit time; NCCT=noncontrast CT; NIHSS=NIH Stroke Scale; RR=risk ratio; SDs=spreading depolarizations