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Single-phase CT angiography: collateral grade is independent of scan weighting

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Purpose

Collateral grading may vary on single-phase CTA (sCTA) depending on whether the CTA is arterial (A), arteriovenous (AV), or venous (V) weighted. We studied the impact of sCTA weighting on collateral grading using the Tan, MAAS, and Menon methods, and their ability to predict infarct and clinical outcome hypothesizing that AV-weighted sCTA should better predict these outcomes.

Methods

Multicenter retrospective analysis of 212 patients undergoing baseline CTP/sCTA. sCTA weighting was determined by comparing ICA to torcula AV ratios with those from concomitant CTP time-density curves at peak arterial or venous contrast attenuation. A generalized linear mixed model investigated the predictive value for infarct volume or 90-day mRS of the three collateral scores stratified by sCTA weighting and adjusting for age, sex, clot burden score (CBS), and NIHSS. Bayesian information criterion (BIC) differences were calculated between the null and fitted models.

Results

Mean age, baseline median NIHSS, ASPECTS, and onset to treatment time were 69.89 ± 14.45, 13 (6–18), 10 (8–10), and 128 (66–181) minutes. sCTA scans were AV-weighted in 137/212 (65%) and A-weighted in 73 (34%). No association was demonstrated between sCTA weighting, hospital site, and sCTA technique. All collateral scores were related to infarct volume irrespective of sCTA weighting, with greatest fit with the regional leptomeningeal score (BIC 18.29, p = 0.0001). No association was shown between sCTA weighting, collateral grade, and clinical outcome.

Conclusion

sCTA weighting did not significantly impact collateral grade using three common collateral scores or their ability to predict final infarct.

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  1. Department of Medical Imaging, Division of Neuroradiology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, AG31e, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, M4N3M5, Canada

    Daniel-Alexandre Bisson, David Mahmoudian, Anwar S. Shatil, Ghouth Waggass, Liying Zhang & Richard I. Aviv

  2. Department of Medical Imaging, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    Daniel-Alexandre Bisson, David Mahmoudian, Anwar S. Shatil, Ghouth Waggass, Liying Zhang & Richard I. Aviv

  3. Department of Neurology, John Hunter Hospital, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia

    Christopher Levi, Neil J. Spratt, Longting Lin, Mark Parsons & Andrew Bivard

  4. UCLA Stroke Center, UCLA Neuroscience Research Building, 635 Charles E Young Drive South, Suite 225, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-7334, USA

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This project was funded by a National Health and Medical Research Council Australia Partnership Project Grant (APP1013719). NS is funded by a National Health and Medical Research Council/National Heart Foundation co-funded Career Development/Future Leader Fellowship (APPS1110629/100827). CL is funded by a National Health and Medical Research Council Practitioner Fellowship (APP 1043913).

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Bisson, DA., Mahmoudian, D., Shatil, A.S. et al. Single-phase CT angiography: collateral grade is independent of scan weighting. Neuroradiology 61, 19–28 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00234-018-2105-2

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